What is the best time to visit Phillip Island?

Based on our Comfort Score analysis, February is the best month to visit Phillip Island, Victoria, scoring 10.0 out of 10 for pleasant weather conditions.

What is the Comfort Score for Phillip Island?

Phillip Island has an annual Comfort Score of 5.8/10, based on temperature, humidity, rainfall, UV exposure, and sunshine hours throughout the year.

Phillip Island Weather and Climate

Victoria, Australia (38.49°S, 145.23°E, 55m elevation) Warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb)

5.8/10

Variable comfort year-round

Best month: February (10.0/10). Ranked #155 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

February is the sweet spot

February: 10.0/10. July: 1.0/10. Annual score 5.8/10, ranked #155 of 213 Australian cities.

Against national averages

Annual benchmarks

Temperature range

12.8 - 18.3°C

Days 5.5 degrees cooler; nights 1.5 degrees cooler

Annual rainfall

612mm

30% below national avg; national avg 876mm

Rain days

107 days/yr

2 more rain days than national avg

Solar exposure

16.2 MJ/m²

2.1 MJ/m² below national avg

Humidity

57%

9 points above national avg

Seasonal pattern

Four-season readout

Summer9.3/10

15.9 - 22.4°C

141mm rain

Autumn5.9/10

13.6 - 18.7°C

131mm rain

Winter2.2/10

9.5 - 14.1°C

153mm rain

Spring5.9/10

12.0 - 18.1°C

187mm rain

Temperature

February has the warmest afternoons at 23.5 degrees. July has the coolest nights at 8.8 degrees.

Rainfall

612mm falls across 107 rain days. April is wettest (88mm), February driest (7mm), so monthly rainfall varies by about 13 times.

Comfort window

February scores 10.0/10 and is the best month for pleasant weather. July is the hardest month at 1.0/10.

Planning cue

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

January9.1/10Excellent22.0°C max, 53mm rain February10.0/10Excellent23.5°C max, 7mm rain March9.7/10Excellent22.3°C max, 14mm rain April4.1/10Challenging17.4°C max, 88mm rain May3.9/10Challenging16.3°C max, 29mm rain June1.9/10Challenging13.5°C max, 30mm rain July1.0/10Challenging12.7°C max, 84mm rain August3.7/10Challenging16.0°C max, 39mm rain September3.4/10Challenging15.6°C max, 55mm rain October5.9/10Variable17.8°C max, 67mm rain November8.4/10Excellent20.8°C max, 65mm rain December8.9/10Excellent21.8°C max, 82mm rain

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