What is the best time to visit Port Lincoln?

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

What is the Comfort Score for Port Lincoln?

Port Lincoln has an annual Comfort Score of 7.4/10, based on temperature, humidity, rainfall, UV exposure, and sunshine hours throughout the year.

Port Lincoln Weather and Climate

South Australia, Australia (34.73°S, 135.86°E, 5m elevation) Cold semi-arid (BSk)

7.4/10

Good comfort year-round

Best month: January (10.0/10). Ranked #15 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. July: 2.8/10. Annual score 7.4/10, ranked #15 of 213 Australian cities.

Against national averages

Annual benchmarks

Temperature range

13.0 - 20.3°C

Days 3.5 degrees cooler; nights 1.3 degrees cooler

Annual rainfall

333mm

62% below national avg; national avg 876mm

Rain days

60 days/yr

45 fewer rain days than national avg

Solar exposure

17.6 MJ/m²

0.8 MJ/m² below national avg

Humidity

51%

3 points above national avg

Seasonal pattern

Four-season readout

Summer10.0/10

15.9 - 24.4°C

78mm rain

Autumn7.7/10

13.5 - 20.8°C

24mm rain

Winter3.7/10

10.1 - 16.0°C

133mm rain

Spring8.0/10

12.7 - 20.1°C

98mm rain

Temperature

February has the warmest afternoons at 25.1 degrees. July has the coolest nights at 9.6 degrees.

Rainfall

333mm falls across 60 rain days. January is wettest (54mm), February driest (1mm), so monthly rainfall varies by about 91 times.

Comfort window

January scores 10.0/10 and is the best month for pleasant weather. July is the hardest month at 2.8/10.

Planning cue

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

January10.0/10Excellent24.0°C max, 54mm rain February10.0/10Excellent25.1°C max, 1mm rain March10.0/10Excellent24.8°C max, 4mm rain April6.8/10Good19.1°C max, 12mm rain May6.3/10Good18.4°C max, 8mm rain June3.0/10Challenging15.5°C max, 52mm rain July2.8/10Challenging14.9°C max, 42mm rain August5.3/10Variable17.7°C max, 39mm rain September5.7/10Variable17.6°C max, 42mm rain October8.6/10Excellent20.5°C max, 22mm rain November9.7/10Excellent22.3°C max, 34mm rain December10.0/10Excellent24.2°C max, 24mm rain

Compare and Explore

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