What is the best time to visit Norfolk Island?

Based on our Comfort Score analysis, February is the best month to visit Norfolk Island, New South Wales, scoring 10.0 out of 10 for pleasant weather conditions.

What is the Comfort Score for Norfolk Island?

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

Norfolk Island Weather and Climate

New South Wales, Australia (29.04°S, 167.95°E, 78m elevation) Mediterranean (Csa)

7.4/10

Good comfort year-round

Best month: February (10.0/10). Ranked #20 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

February is the sweet spot

February: 10.0/10. July: 4.5/10. Annual score 7.4/10, ranked #20 of 213 Australian cities.

Against national averages

Annual benchmarks

Temperature range

19.3 - 20.8°C

Days 3.0 degrees cooler; nights 5.0 degrees warmer

Annual rainfall

692mm

21% below national avg; national avg 876mm

Rain days

111 days/yr

6 more rain days than national avg

Solar exposure

19.0 MJ/m²

0.7 MJ/m² above national avg

Humidity

66%

18 points above national avg

Seasonal pattern

Four-season readout

Summer9.4/10

21.9 - 23.2°C

118mm rain

Autumn8.1/10

20.1 - 21.8°C

175mm rain

Winter5.1/10

17.2 - 18.8°C

292mm rain

Spring7.0/10

18.1 - 19.5°C

108mm rain

Temperature

February has the warmest afternoons at 23.8 degrees. July has the coolest nights at 16.7 degrees.

Rainfall

692mm falls across 111 rain days. June is wettest (154mm), February driest (10mm), so monthly rainfall varies by about 15 times.

Comfort window

February scores 10.0/10 and is the best month for pleasant weather. July is the hardest month at 4.5/10.

Planning cue

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