What is the best time to visit Newcastle?

Based on our Comfort Score analysis, March is the best month to visit Newcastle, New South Wales, scoring 9.2 out of 10 for pleasant weather conditions.

What is the Comfort Score for Newcastle?

Newcastle has an annual Comfort Score of 7.0/10, based on temperature, humidity, rainfall, UV exposure, and sunshine hours throughout the year.

Newcastle Weather and Climate

New South Wales, Australia (32.93°S, 151.78°E, 44m elevation) Humid subtropical (Cfa)

7.0/10

Good comfort year-round

Best month: March (9.2/10). Ranked #48 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

March is the sweet spot

March: 9.2/10. June: 2.8/10. Annual score 7.0/10, ranked #48 of 213 Australian cities.

Against national averages

Annual benchmarks

Temperature range

15.7 - 22.5°C

Days 1.3 degrees cooler; nights 1.4 degrees warmer

Annual rainfall

1,098mm

25% above national avg; national avg 876mm

Rain days

144 days/yr

39 more rain days than national avg

Solar exposure

16.7 MJ/m²

1.6 MJ/m² below national avg

Humidity

58%

10 points above national avg

Seasonal pattern

Four-season readout

Summer8.0/10

20.8 - 27.2°C

192mm rain

Autumn6.9/10

16.3 - 22.2°C

362mm rain

Winter4.3/10

10.6 - 17.4°C

292mm rain

Spring8.7/10

15.3 - 23.0°C

252mm rain

Temperature

January has the warmest afternoons at 27.7 degrees. June has the coolest nights at 9.6 degrees.

Rainfall

1,098mm falls across 144 rain days. June is wettest (183mm), March driest (40mm), so monthly rainfall varies by about 5 times.

Comfort window

March scores 9.2/10 and is the best month for pleasant weather. June is the hardest month at 2.8/10.

Planning cue

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