Thargomindah weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇺 Australia · small town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Thargomindah is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with July and August close behind. Thargomindah averages about 3,718 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 11 mm of rain in April.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,718
- Sunniest month
- April
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 256 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Elevation
- 131 m
When is the best time to visit Thargomindah?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Thargomindah is April, then July and August. The dullest month is January (28/100, 33 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Thargomindah?
Thargomindah is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,718 hours of sunshine a year. 70 Sunshine Score points separate April (98) from January (28), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #13 of 118 destinations in Australia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,071 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around February, carries about 43% of the annual 256 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28 | 39° / 102°F | 25° / 77°F | 33 mm | 13 |
| February | 46 | 37° / 99°F | 23° / 73°F | 42 mm | 13 |
| March | 75 | 34° / 93°F | 20° / 68°F | 34 mm | 11 |
| April | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 15° / 59°F | 11 mm | 8 |
| May | 97 | 24° / 75°F | 10° / 50°F | 15 mm | 5 |
| June | 97 | 20° / 68°F | 6° / 43°F | 16 mm | 4 |
| July | 98 | 20° / 68°F | 5° / 41°F | 13 mm | 4 |
| August | 98 | 22° / 72°F | 7° / 45°F | 10 mm | 6 |
| September | 98 | 28° / 82°F | 11° / 52°F | 11 mm | 8 |
| October | 97 | 32° / 90°F | 15° / 59°F | 17 mm | 10 |
| November | 66 | 35° / 95°F | 20° / 68°F | 29 mm | 11 |
| December | 38 | 38° / 100°F | 22° / 72°F | 25 mm | 12 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Rockhampton Australia · 841 km · best in Aug · 3,135 h sun/yr
- Brisbane Australia · 918 km · best in Jul · 2,861 h sun/yr
- Adelaide Australia · 921 km · best in Jan · 3,118 h sun/yr
- Sunshine Coast Australia · 929 km · best in Jul · 2,956 h sun/yr
- Mackay Australia · 932 km · best in Aug · 3,009 h sun/yr
- Newcastle Australia · 937 km · best in Sep · 2,691 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Charleville Australia · 299 km · 3,517 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Windorah Australia · 308 km · 3,788 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Blackall Australia · 427 km · 3,604 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Broken Hill Australia · 500 km · 3,559 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- Longreach Australia · 508 km · 3,670 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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