What is Australias climate?
Very few places in Australia experience snow, compared to the size of the continent. In Winter, snow falls in the Alpine regions of New South Wales and Victoria, and sometimes even in the central tablelands of NSW, near the Blue Mountains and Orange. Tasmania experiences some snow, as does Canberra, less frequently.
Broadly there are two climatic zones in Australia. About 40 percent of Australia is in the tropical zone, north above the Tropic of Capricorn e.g. Kimberley’s, Top End and Tropical North Queensland) there are 2 seasons, the Wet and the Dry. The best time to visit is April – October. The remaining areas lie in the temperate zone, which is in the South of Australia eg Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania, Kangaroo Island. There are 4 seasons – summer, autumn, winter and spring. March-May (autumn) and September-November (spring) are generally nicest as you avoid the cold and wet of winter and the hot and dry of summer. However because of Australia’s vast size there are variations within these zones.
