What is the best time to visit Gladstone?

Based on our Comfort Score analysis, May is the best month to visit Gladstone, Queensland, scoring 9.9 out of 10 for pleasant weather conditions.

What is the Comfort Score for Gladstone?

Gladstone has an annual Comfort Score of 7.7/10, based on temperature, humidity, rainfall, UV exposure, and sunshine hours throughout the year.

Gladstone Weather and Climate

Queensland, Australia (23.84°S, 151.27°E, 5m elevation) Subtropical highland (Cwa)

7.7/10

Excellent comfort year-round

Best month: May (9.9/10). Ranked #4 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: 9.9/10. January: 4.7/10. Annual score 7.7/10, ranked #4 of 213 Australian cities.

Against national averages

Annual benchmarks

Temperature range

18.7 - 26.6°C

Days 2.8 degrees warmer; nights 4.4 degrees warmer

Annual rainfall

977mm

12% above national avg; national avg 876mm

Rain days

106 days/yr

1 more rain days than national avg

Solar exposure

19.7 MJ/m²

1.4 MJ/m² above national avg

Humidity

55%

7 points above national avg

Seasonal pattern

Four-season readout

Summer5.4/10

23.3 - 30.0°C

387mm rain

Autumn7.8/10

19.6 - 26.5°C

307mm rain

Winter9.0/10

12.9 - 22.5°C

174mm rain

Spring8.6/10

19.0 - 27.2°C

110mm rain

Temperature

January has the warmest afternoons at 30.5 degrees. June has the coolest nights at 11.5 degrees.

Rainfall

977mm falls across 106 rain days. December is wettest (203mm), September driest (8mm), so monthly rainfall varies by about 26 times.

Comfort window

May scores 9.9/10 and is the best month for pleasant weather. January is the hardest month at 4.7/10.

Planning cue

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

January4.7/10Variable30.5°C max, 114mm rain February6.1/10Good30.1°C max, 70mm rain March6.2/10Good28.8°C max, 98mm rain April7.2/10Good26.3°C max, 187mm rain May9.9/10Excellent24.4°C max, 22mm rain June8.8/10Excellent22.3°C max, 44mm rain July8.7/10Excellent21.6°C max, 16mm rain August9.4/10Excellent23.6°C max, 113mm rain September9.8/10Excellent25.9°C max, 8mm rain October8.8/10Excellent27.0°C max, 48mm rain November7.3/10Good28.8°C max, 54mm rain December5.5/10Variable29.3°C max, 203mm rain

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