What is the best time to visit Cessnock?

Based on our Comfort Score analysis, October is the best month to visit Cessnock, New South Wales, scoring 9.5 out of 10 for pleasant weather conditions.

What is the Comfort Score for Cessnock?

Cessnock has an annual Comfort Score of 6.7/10, based on temperature, humidity, rainfall, UV exposure, and sunshine hours throughout the year.

Cessnock Weather and Climate

New South Wales, Australia (32.83°S, 151.36°E, 69m elevation) Humid subtropical (Cfa)

6.7/10

Good comfort year-round

Best month: October (9.5/10). Ranked #80 of 213 Australian cities. The RefDat Comfort Score weighs temperature, humidity, rainfall, and sunshine into a single 1-to-10 rating for how pleasant a climate actually feels.

How the score works →

Climate Dashboard

Comfort, seasonality and national benchmarks in one view.

Monthly Comfort Score

October is the sweet spot

October: 9.5/10. June: 3.0/10. Annual score 6.7/10, ranked #80 of 213 Australian cities.

Against national averages

Annual benchmarks

Temperature range

13.0 - 23.3°C

Days 0.5 degrees cooler; nights 1.3 degrees cooler

Annual rainfall

896mm

2% above national avg; national avg 876mm

Rain days

139 days/yr

34 more rain days than national avg

Solar exposure

16.6 MJ/m²

1.7 MJ/m² below national avg

Humidity

51%

3 points above national avg

Seasonal pattern

Four-season readout

Summer6.5/10

18.4 - 29.3°C

198mm rain

Autumn7.1/10

13.3 - 22.8°C

297mm rain

Winter4.3/10

7.8 - 16.9°C

198mm rain

Spring8.8/10

12.7 - 24.1°C

202mm rain

Temperature

December has the warmest afternoons at 29.6 degrees. June has the coolest nights at 6.7 degrees.

Rainfall

896mm falls across 139 rain days. April is wettest (134mm), August driest (46mm), so monthly rainfall varies by about 3 times.

Comfort window

October scores 9.5/10 and is the best month for pleasant weather. June is the hardest month at 3.0/10.

Planning cue

Use the comfort chart first if you are timing a visit. Use the benchmark bars when you want to compare Cessnock with the national climate baseline.