Toowoomba weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇺 Australia · regional city · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Toowoomba is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with May and August close behind. Toowoomba averages about 3,195 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 28 mm of rain in April.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,195
- Sunniest month
- April
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 668 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Population
- 142k
- Elevation
- 439 m
When is the best time to visit Toowoomba?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Toowoomba is April, then May and August. The dullest month is June (76/100, 39 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Toowoomba?
Toowoomba is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,195 hours of sunshine a year. April (93/100) is noticeably better than June (76). It ranks #51 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 January, carries about 42% of the annual 668 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 81 | 31° / 88°F | 18° / 64°F | 94 mm | 12 |
| February | 82 | 30° / 86°F | 18° / 64°F | 87 mm | 11 |
| March | 83 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 80 mm | 10 |
| April | 93 | 25° / 77°F | 13° / 55°F | 28 mm | 7 |
| May | 93 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 28 mm | 5 |
| June | 76 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 39 mm | 4 |
| July | 79 | 18° / 64°F | 5° / 41°F | 20 mm | 4 |
| August | 93 | 20° / 68°F | 6° / 43°F | 27 mm | 5 |
| September | 93 | 25° / 77°F | 9° / 48°F | 29 mm | 7 |
| October | 86 | 28° / 82°F | 12° / 54°F | 64 mm | 9 |
| November | 85 | 30° / 86°F | 15° / 59°F | 72 mm | 11 |
| December | 80 | 31° / 88°F | 17° / 63°F | 100 mm | 11 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Brisbane Australia · 132 km · best in Jul · 2,861 h sun/yr
- Sunshine Coast Australia · 167 km · best in Jul · 2,956 h sun/yr
- Gold Coast Australia · 181 km · best in Sep · 2,742 h sun/yr
- Ballina Australia · 224 km · best in Sep · 2,742 h sun/yr
- Rockhampton Australia · 483 km · best in Aug · 3,135 h sun/yr
- Newcastle Australia · 582 km · best in Sep · 2,691 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Lismore Australia · 202 km · 2,742 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Hervey Bay Australia · 271 km · 2,931 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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