What is the best time to visit Port Macquarie?

Based on our Comfort Score analysis, October is the best month to visit Port Macquarie, New South Wales, scoring 8.9 out of 10 for pleasant weather conditions.

What is the Comfort Score for Port Macquarie?

Port Macquarie has an annual Comfort Score of 7.2/10, based on temperature, humidity, rainfall, UV exposure, and sunshine hours throughout the year.

Port Macquarie Weather and Climate

New South Wales, Australia (31.43°S, 152.91°E, 8m elevation) Humid subtropical (Cfa)

7.2/10

Good comfort year-round

Best month: October (8.9/10). Ranked #30 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: 8.9/10. July: 4.5/10. Annual score 7.2/10, ranked #30 of 213 Australian cities.

Against national averages

Annual benchmarks

Temperature range

15.9 - 22.8°C

Days 1.0 degrees cooler; nights 1.6 degrees warmer

Annual rainfall

1,182mm

35% above national avg; national avg 876mm

Rain days

143 days/yr

38 more rain days than national avg

Solar exposure

17.3 MJ/m²

1.0 MJ/m² below national avg

Humidity

61%

13 points above national avg

Seasonal pattern

Four-season readout

Summer7.6/10

20.9 - 27.0°C

300mm rain

Autumn7.0/10

16.4 - 22.8°C

417mm rain

Winter5.5/10

10.8 - 18.6°C

204mm rain

Spring8.7/10

15.3 - 22.9°C

261mm rain

Temperature

February has the warmest afternoons at 27.1 degrees. July has the coolest nights at 10.0 degrees.

Rainfall

1,182mm falls across 143 rain days. February is wettest (184mm), December driest (32mm), so monthly rainfall varies by about 6 times.

Comfort window

October scores 8.9/10 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 Port Macquarie with the national climate baseline.