What is the best time to visit Esperance?

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

What is the Comfort Score for Esperance?

Esperance has an annual Comfort Score of 7.8/10, based on temperature, humidity, rainfall, UV exposure, and sunshine hours throughout the year.

Esperance Weather and Climate

Western Australia, Australia (33.86°S, 121.89°E, 8m elevation) Cold semi-arid (BSk)

7.8/10

Excellent comfort year-round

Best month: January (10.0/10). Ranked #2 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: 4.1/10. Annual score 7.8/10, ranked #2 of 213 Australian cities.

Against national averages

Annual benchmarks

Temperature range

13.7 - 21.1°C

Days 2.7 degrees cooler; nights 0.6 degrees cooler

Annual rainfall

466mm

47% below national avg; national avg 876mm

Rain days

105 days/yr

0 more rain days than national avg

Solar exposure

17.3 MJ/m²

1.0 MJ/m² below national avg

Humidity

53%

5 points above national avg

Seasonal pattern

Four-season readout

Summer9.8/10

16.7 - 24.4°C

67mm rain

Autumn8.3/10

14.4 - 21.6°C

80mm rain

Winter4.6/10

11.1 - 17.8°C

223mm rain

Spring8.4/10

12.5 - 20.6°C

95mm rain

Temperature

February has the warmest afternoons at 26.5 degrees. July has the coolest nights at 10.2 degrees.

Rainfall

466mm falls across 105 rain days. July is wettest (82mm), April driest (10mm), so monthly rainfall varies by about 8 times.

Comfort window

January scores 10.0/10 and is the best month for pleasant weather. June is the hardest month at 4.1/10.

Planning cue

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

January10.0/10Excellent23.2°C max, 36mm rain February9.4/10Excellent26.5°C max, 15mm rain March9.2/10Excellent23.0°C max, 34mm rain April8.0/10Excellent20.8°C max, 10mm rain May7.6/10Excellent21.0°C max, 37mm rain June4.1/10Challenging17.8°C max, 66mm rain July4.1/10Challenging17.2°C max, 82mm rain August5.5/10Variable18.5°C max, 75mm rain September6.7/10Good18.5°C max, 21mm rain October9.5/10Excellent21.9°C max, 36mm rain November8.9/10Excellent21.5°C max, 38mm rain December10.0/10Excellent23.4°C max, 16mm rain

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