Tennant Creek weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇺 Australia · small town · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Tennant Creek is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with July and August close behind. Tennant Creek averages about 3,679 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 5 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,679
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 490 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 14 (extreme)
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 372 m
When is the best time to visit Tennant Creek?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Tennant Creek is June, then July and August. The dullest month is November (28/100, 38 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Tennant Creek?
Tennant Creek is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,679 hours of sunshine a year. 71 Sunshine Score points separate June (99) from November (28), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #16 of 118 destinations in Australia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,071 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 70% of the year's 490 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44 | 36° / 97°F | 24° / 75°F | 142 mm | 13 |
| February | 48 | 36° / 97°F | 23° / 73°F | 111 mm | 14 |
| March | 63 | 35° / 95°F | 22° / 72°F | 53 mm | 12 |
| April | 88 | 33° / 91°F | 19° / 66°F | 14 mm | 10 |
| May | 98 | 28° / 82°F | 14° / 57°F | 9 mm | 8 |
| June | 99 | 25° / 77°F | 10° / 50°F | 5 mm | 6 |
| July | 99 | 25° / 77°F | 9° / 48°F | 4 mm | 7 |
| August | 99 | 28° / 82°F | 11° / 52°F | 3 mm | 9 |
| September | 89 | 33° / 91°F | 16° / 61°F | 5 mm | 10 |
| October | 49 | 37° / 99°F | 21° / 70°F | 16 mm | 12 |
| November | 28 | 39° / 102°F | 24° / 75°F | 38 mm | 12 |
| December | 33 | 38° / 100°F | 25° / 77°F | 90 mm | 13 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Alice Springs Australia · 465 km · best in Aug · 3,770 h sun/yr
- Darwin Australia · 877 km · best in Jun · 2,969 h sun/yr
- Cairns Australia · 1,259 km · best in Aug · 2,763 h sun/yr
- Broome Australia · 1,272 km · best in Aug · 3,549 h sun/yr
- Townsville Australia · 1,320 km · best in Sep · 3,126 h sun/yr
- Merauke Indonesia · 1,406 km · best in Aug · 2,324 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Lajamanu Australia · 400 km · 3,619 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- McArthur River Mine Australia · 408 km · 3,407 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Mount Isa Australia · 566 km · 3,655 h sun/yr · best in May
- Cloncurry Australia · 670 km · 3,752 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Groote Eylandt Australia · 675 km · 2,992 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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