Hottest Cities in Australia
Australia is one of the hottest inhabited continents on the planet, and a handful of its towns push the limits of what people can comfortably live with. While coastal capitals enjoy sea breezes and moderate maximums, the remote interior bakes under relentless sun, with daily highs that stay above 35C for much of the year.
This ranking orders locations by annual average maximum temperature, the single clearest measure of how hot a place runs day to day. We also show each city's hottest summer month and its tally of days above 35C, so you can tell the difference between steady year-round warmth and short, brutal summer peaks.
Marble Bar in WA tops this ranking with an annual average maximum of 35.7C. Marble Bar in the Pilbara is famous for once recording 160 consecutive days at or above 37.8C, a streak that still stands as one of the longest hot spells anywhere on Earth. In the hottest inland towns, heat is not a summer event but a year-round baseline that shapes work, water use, and daily routine.
Full Rankings
Click any column header to re-sort. Data from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (2024).
| Rank | City | State | Avg Max | Summer Peak | 35C+ Days | % of Year |
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Understanding the Rankings
Annual average maximum temperature captures the typical daytime high across all twelve months. The towns at the top of this list, almost all in remote Western Australia and the Northern Territory, sit deep inland where there is no coastal moderation and the sun beats down through clear skies for most of the year.
The far north runs hot for a different reason to the desert interior. Tropical towns like Jabiru and Wyndham stay warm because they sit close to the equator, with humid build-up seasons rather than dry desert heat. The Pilbara and Kimberley combine both effects, producing the highest sustained maximums in the country.
Average maximum tells you the baseline, but summer peak and days above 35C tell you the extremes. A town can have a moderate annual average yet still deliver dangerous heatwaves, so we include all three measures to give a complete picture of how hot each location really gets.
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About This Data
All weather data comes from the Open-Meteo Historical Weather API, which combines official weather station observations with reanalysis models to provide accurate data for any location in Australia. Data shown here is from the 2024 calendar year. Production rankings will use 10 to 30-year normals to smooth out year-to-year variation.
This page ranks cities by annual average maximum temperature. 'Summer peak' is the hottest calendar month's average daily maximum. '35C+ days' counts calendar days where the recorded daily maximum reached or exceeded 35 degrees Celsius.