What is the best time to visit Kingscote?

Based on our Comfort Score analysis, January is the best month to visit Kingscote, South Australia, scoring 10.0 out of 10 for pleasant weather conditions.

What is the Comfort Score for Kingscote?

Kingscote has an annual Comfort Score of 7.1/10, based on temperature, humidity, rainfall, UV exposure, and sunshine hours throughout the year.

Kingscote Weather and Climate

South Australia, Australia (35.66°S, 137.64°E, 0m elevation) Cold semi-arid (BSk)

7.1/10

Good comfort year-round

Best month: January (10.0/10). Ranked #46 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

January is the sweet spot

January: 10.0/10. June: 2.0/10. Annual score 7.1/10, ranked #46 of 213 Australian cities.

Against national averages

Annual benchmarks

Temperature range

11.8 - 20.5°C

Days 3.3 degrees cooler; nights 2.5 degrees cooler

Annual rainfall

402mm

54% below national avg; national avg 876mm

Rain days

74 days/yr

31 fewer rain days than national avg

Solar exposure

16.9 MJ/m²

1.4 MJ/m² below national avg

Humidity

51%

3 points above national avg

Seasonal pattern

Four-season readout

Summer10.0/10

14.7 - 25.2°C

89mm rain

Autumn7.6/10

12.0 - 21.0°C

28mm rain

Winter2.8/10

9.0 - 15.3°C

156mm rain

Spring7.9/10

11.3 - 20.5°C

129mm rain

Temperature

February has the warmest afternoons at 26.2 degrees. July has the coolest nights at 8.4 degrees.

Rainfall

402mm falls across 74 rain days. June is wettest (72mm), February driest (1mm), so monthly rainfall varies by about 72 times.

Comfort window

January scores 10.0/10 and is the best month for pleasant weather. June is the hardest month at 2.0/10.

Planning cue

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

January10.0/10Excellent23.9°C max, 58mm rain February10.0/10Excellent26.2°C max, 1mm rain March10.0/10Excellent25.4°C max, 5mm rain April6.7/10Good19.2°C max, 15mm rain May6.2/10Good18.4°C max, 8mm rain June2.0/10Challenging14.8°C max, 72mm rain July2.4/10Challenging14.5°C max, 48mm rain August4.0/10Challenging16.7°C max, 35mm rain September5.3/10Variable17.2°C max, 46mm rain October8.5/10Excellent20.8°C max, 31mm rain November10.0/10Excellent23.5°C max, 53mm rain December10.0/10Excellent25.5°C max, 29mm rain

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