What is the best time to visit Rockhampton?

Based on our Comfort Score analysis, May is the best month to visit Rockhampton, Queensland, scoring 9.6 out of 10 for pleasant weather conditions.

What is the Comfort Score for Rockhampton?

Rockhampton has an annual Comfort Score of 6.9/10, based on temperature, humidity, rainfall, UV exposure, and sunshine hours throughout the year.

Rockhampton Weather and Climate

Queensland, Australia (23.38°S, 150.51°E, 11m elevation) Subtropical highland (Cwa)

6.9/10

Good comfort year-round

Best month: May (9.6/10). Ranked #59 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: 9.6/10. January: 3.8/10. Annual score 6.9/10, ranked #59 of 213 Australian cities.

Against national averages

Annual benchmarks

Temperature range

18.0 - 27.9°C

Days 4.1 degrees warmer; nights 3.7 degrees warmer

Annual rainfall

957mm

9% above national avg; national avg 876mm

Rain days

109 days/yr

4 more rain days than national avg

Solar exposure

19.2 MJ/m²

0.9 MJ/m² above national avg

Humidity

49%

1 points above national avg

Seasonal pattern

Four-season readout

Summer4.3/10

23.1 - 32.1°C

313mm rain

Autumn7.3/10

18.9 - 27.4°C

266mm rain

Winter8.7/10

12.0 - 22.8°C

268mm rain

Spring7.2/10

17.9 - 29.2°C

110mm rain

Temperature

January has the warmest afternoons at 32.7 degrees. July has the coolest nights at 10.9 degrees.

Rainfall

957mm falls across 109 rain days. August is wettest (191mm), September driest (4mm), so monthly rainfall varies by about 52 times.

Comfort window

May scores 9.6/10 and is the best month for pleasant weather. January is the hardest month at 3.8/10.

Planning cue

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

January3.8/10Challenging32.7°C max, 99mm rain February4.8/10Variable32.2°C max, 48mm rain March5.1/10Variable30.4°C max, 118mm rain April7.3/10Good26.9°C max, 128mm rain May9.6/10Excellent25.0°C max, 20mm rain June8.8/10Excellent22.4°C max, 61mm rain July8.5/10Excellent21.4°C max, 16mm rain August8.9/10Excellent24.5°C max, 191mm rain September9.2/10Excellent26.9°C max, 4mm rain October7.0/10Good29.4°C max, 50mm rain November5.5/10Variable31.3°C max, 56mm rain December4.4/10Challenging31.4°C max, 166mm rain

Compare and Explore

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