Climate

The Australian summer from December - February is warm and sunny all around the country. Summer is the rainy season in our tropical regions in the north that brings our lush rainforests to life. Australian Christmas therefore takes place at the height of summer. Spring and autumn are mild. The Australian winter (June – August) is generally mild, but offers snow on the snow fields in the southern mountain regions. At the same time our northern states can be as warm as 24 degrees.

Even though the four 'official' calendar seasons have the same names as the northern hemisphere seasons, the weather during these seasons is very different to northern hemisphere weather patterns. Australia is generally a very dry place, so summers can get much hotter. The pattern of rainfall is also distinct - some places have abundant rain at one time of the year and almost none at other times.