Climate of Darwin, Australia

Aw

Köppen-Geiger climate classification: Aw — Tropical, savannah.

Elevation: 27 m · 12.46°S, 130.84°E

Darwin has a mean annual temperature of 27.5 °C and receives 1816 mm of precipitation per year (1991–2020 climate normals). The warmest month is November with a mean temperature of 29.3 °C, while July is the coldest month at 24.8 °C. Most precipitation falls in January (469 mm); the driest month is July (1 mm).

Climate Diagram

Climate diagram for Darwin: monthly mean temperature (red line, left axis, °C) and monthly precipitation (blue line, right axis, mm), 1991–2020. Yellow areas mark arid periods, light blue humid periods, dark blue perhumid periods (> 100 mm/month, compressed scale). 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 20 40 60 80 100 300 500 °C mm J F M A M J J A S O N D

Walter–Lieth diagram: the red line shows monthly mean temperature (left axis, °C), the blue line monthly precipitation (right axis, mm). Yellow areas mark arid periods (temperature above precipitation), light blue humid periods, dark blue perhumid periods (above 100 mm/month, shown on a compressed 1:10 scale). Scale: 1 °C ≡ 2 mm.

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Climate Table

MonthMean temperature (°C)Precipitation (mm)
January28.1469.2
February27.9378.8
March28.1312.7
April28.4100.8
May26.921.8
June25.21.8
July24.81.2
August25.63.0
September27.919.3
October29.270.2
November29.3143.0
December28.6294.0
Year27.51815.7

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Data Source

Climate normals and Köppen-Geiger classification: Beck et al. (2023), Scientific Data 10, 724, CC BY 4.0. Period 1991–2020. Classification resolution ≈ 1 km; monthly climate data resolution ≈ 1 km (0.01°, Original 2023 release; predates the January 2026 correction), sampled at the grid cell containing the city coordinates (-12.46°, 130.84°). Climate normals describe the long-term average, not current weather.