What is the best time to visit Charters Towers?

Based on our Comfort Score analysis, June is the best month to visit Charters Towers, Queensland, scoring 9.7 out of 10 for pleasant weather conditions.

What is the Comfort Score for Charters Towers?

Charters Towers has an annual Comfort Score of 6.4/10, based on temperature, humidity, rainfall, UV exposure, and sunshine hours throughout the year.

Charters Towers Weather and Climate

Queensland, Australia (20.08°S, 146.26°E, 318m elevation) Subtropical highland (Cwa)

6.4/10

Good comfort year-round

Best month: June (9.7/10). Ranked #103 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

June is the sweet spot

June: 9.7/10. January: 2.9/10. Annual score 6.4/10, ranked #103 of 213 Australian cities.

Against national averages

Annual benchmarks

Temperature range

18.2 - 29.0°C

Days 5.2 degrees warmer; nights 3.9 degrees warmer

Annual rainfall

1,043mm

19% above national avg; national avg 876mm

Rain days

103 days/yr

2 fewer rain days than national avg

Solar exposure

19.9 MJ/m²

1.6 MJ/m² above national avg

Humidity

44%

4 points below national avg

Seasonal pattern

Four-season readout

Summer3.5/10

22.7 - 31.9°C

677mm rain

Autumn7.2/10

18.7 - 28.2°C

146mm rain

Winter9.4/10

12.8 - 24.3°C

124mm rain

Spring5.6/10

18.6 - 31.8°C

96mm rain

Temperature

November has the warmest afternoons at 34.1 degrees. July has the coolest nights at 11.9 degrees.

Rainfall

1,043mm falls across 103 rain days. February is wettest (294mm), September driest (4mm), so monthly rainfall varies by about 79 times.

Comfort window

June scores 9.7/10 and is the best month for pleasant weather. January is the hardest month at 2.9/10.

Planning cue

Use the comfort chart first if you are timing a visit. Use the benchmark bars when you want to compare Charters Towers 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 Charters Towers.

January2.9/10Challenging33.3°C max, 157mm rain February4.1/10Challenging30.1°C max, 294mm rain March5.4/10Variable29.7°C max, 114mm rain April7.4/10Good28.5°C max, 24mm rain May8.8/10Excellent26.5°C max, 8mm rain June9.7/10Excellent24.4°C max, 68mm rain July9.2/10Excellent22.3°C max, 11mm rain August9.2/10Excellent26.1°C max, 45mm rain September7.5/10Excellent29.3°C max, 4mm rain October5.6/10Variable31.9°C max, 28mm rain November3.6/10Challenging34.1°C max, 63mm rain December3.5/10Challenging32.2°C max, 226mm rain

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