Olympic Dam weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇺 Australia · small town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Olympic Dam is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with August and September close behind. Olympic Dam averages about 3,690 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 13 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,690
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 154 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Population
- 5k
- Elevation
- 100 m
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When is the best time to visit Olympic Dam?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Olympic Dam is May, then August and September. The dullest month is January (39/100, 15 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Olympic Dam?
Olympic Dam is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,690 hours of sunshine a year. 59 Sunshine Score points separate May (98) from January (39), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #14 of 118 destinations in Australia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,071 hours. The year's 154 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39 | 38° / 100°F | 22° / 72°F | 15 mm | 13 |
| February | 58 | 36° / 97°F | 21° / 70°F | 19 mm | 12 |
| March | 89 | 33° / 91°F | 17° / 63°F | 6 mm | 10 |
| April | 97 | 28° / 82°F | 14° / 57°F | 16 mm | 7 |
| May | 98 | 22° / 72°F | 9° / 48°F | 13 mm | 4 |
| June | 81 | 18° / 64°F | 6° / 43°F | 16 mm | 3 |
| July | 82 | 18° / 64°F | 5° / 41°F | 10 mm | 3 |
| August | 98 | 20° / 68°F | 6° / 43°F | 12 mm | 5 |
| September | 98 | 25° / 77°F | 9° / 48°F | 12 mm | 7 |
| October | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 13° / 55°F | 11 mm | 9 |
| November | 88 | 33° / 91°F | 17° / 63°F | 12 mm | 10 |
| December | 59 | 36° / 97°F | 19° / 66°F | 12 mm | 12 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Adelaide Australia · 520 km · best in Jan · 3,118 h sun/yr
- Alice Springs Australia · 799 km · best in Aug · 3,770 h sun/yr
- Melbourne Australia · 1,084 km · best in Jan · 2,583 h sun/yr
- Canberra Australia · 1,268 km · best in Apr · 2,862 h sun/yr
- Sydney (Mascot) Australia · 1,398 km · best in Sep · 2,606 h sun/yr
- Newcastle Australia · 1,438 km · best in Sep · 2,691 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Mount Eba Australia · 156 km · 3,743 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- Coober Pedy Australia · 263 km · 3,671 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Whyalla Australia · 293 km · 3,268 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Port Lincoln Australia · 468 km · 2,862 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Broken Hill Australia · 468 km · 3,559 h sun/yr · best in Mar
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