What is the best time to visit Birdsville?

Based on our Comfort Score analysis, May is the best month to visit Birdsville, Queensland, scoring 9.8 out of 10 for pleasant weather conditions.

What is the Comfort Score for Birdsville?

Birdsville has an annual Comfort Score of 4.9/10, based on temperature, humidity, rainfall, UV exposure, and sunshine hours throughout the year.

What is the hottest month in Birdsville?

January is the hottest month in Birdsville with average daily highs reaching 41.6 degrees Celsius. The city records about 150 days above 35 degrees per year.

Birdsville Weather and Climate

Queensland, Australia (25.90°S, 139.35°E, 47m elevation) Hot desert (BWh)

4.9/10

Variable comfort year-round

Best month: May (9.8/10). Ranked #187 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

May is the sweet spot

May: 9.8/10. January: 1.0/10. Annual score 4.9/10, ranked #187 of 213 Australian cities.

Against national averages

Annual benchmarks

Temperature range

18.9 - 31.2°C

Days 7.4 degrees warmer; nights 4.6 degrees warmer

Annual rainfall

353mm

60% below national avg; national avg 876mm

Rain days

34 days/yr

71 fewer rain days than national avg

Solar exposure

21.6 MJ/m²

3.3 MJ/m² above national avg

Humidity

25%

23 points below national avg

Seasonal pattern

Four-season readout

Summer1.0/10

27.4 - 39.5°C

102mm rain

Autumn6.9/10

18.0 - 29.3°C

112mm rain

Winter7.6/10

9.7 - 22.4°C

43mm rain

Spring3.9/10

20.3 - 33.8°C

96mm rain

Temperature

January has the warmest afternoons at 41.6 degrees. July has the coolest nights at 7.8 degrees.

Rainfall

353mm falls across 34 rain days. November is wettest (76mm), April driest (0mm), so monthly rainfall varies by about 378 times.

Comfort window

May scores 9.8/10 and is the best month for pleasant weather. January is the hardest month at 1.0/10.

Planning cue

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

Monthly Climate Averages

Month	Max °C	Min °C	Rain mm	Rain Days	Solar MJ	Humidity %	Comfort

Weather by Month

Detailed climate data, packing advice, and what to expect for each month in Birdsville.

January1.0/10Challenging41.6°C max, 31mm rain February1.0/10Challenging37.2°C max, 62mm rain March2.5/10Challenging35.1°C max, 69mm rain April8.4/10Excellent28.1°C max, 0mm rain May9.8/10Excellent24.7°C max, 42mm rain June7.6/10Excellent20.1°C max, 19mm rain July7.0/10Good19.1°C max, 20mm rain August8.2/10Excellent27.9°C max, 4mm rain September7.5/10Excellent29.3°C max, 12mm rain October3.3/10Challenging35.3°C max, 9mm rain November1.0/10Challenging36.8°C max, 76mm rain December1.0/10Challenging39.7°C max, 10mm rain

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