What is the best time to visit Grafton?

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

What is the Comfort Score for Grafton?

Grafton has an annual Comfort Score of 7.4/10, based on temperature, humidity, rainfall, UV exposure, and sunshine hours throughout the year.

Grafton Weather and Climate

New South Wales, Australia (29.69°S, 152.93°E, 8m elevation) Humid subtropical (Cfa)

7.4/10

Good comfort year-round

Best month: September (9.5/10). Ranked #14 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

September is the sweet spot

September: 9.5/10. January: 5.6/10. Annual score 7.4/10, ranked #14 of 213 Australian cities.

Against national averages

Annual benchmarks

Temperature range

15.4 - 25.2°C

Days 1.4 degrees warmer; nights 1.1 degrees warmer

Annual rainfall

1,018mm

16% above national avg; national avg 876mm

Rain days

132 days/yr

27 more rain days than national avg

Solar exposure

17.2 MJ/m²

1.1 MJ/m² below national avg

Humidity

52%

4 points above national avg

Seasonal pattern

Four-season readout

Summer5.9/10

20.8 - 29.9°C

293mm rain

Autumn7.8/10

15.9 - 24.5°C

246mm rain

Winter7.3/10

9.9 - 20.5°C

156mm rain

Spring8.5/10

15.0 - 26.0°C

323mm rain

Temperature

December has the warmest afternoons at 30.2 degrees. June has the coolest nights at 9.1 degrees.

Rainfall

1,018mm falls across 132 rain days. November is wettest (160mm), July driest (33mm), so monthly rainfall varies by about 5 times.

Comfort window

September scores 9.5/10 and is the best month for pleasant weather. January is the hardest month at 5.6/10.

Planning cue

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