What timeframe is best to visit the touristic cities of Australia (i.e Sydney, Victoria, etc)?
Answer Hi Liz, Yes the seasons are reversed in the Southern Hemisphere, Australia included. A USA winter is an Australian summer and vice-versa. Like the USA, there is a big difference in climate between the north and south of the country (Aus. is about the size of the US lower 48). However, Australia lies quite a bit closer to the equator than the USA and so has a generally warmer climate. The northern third of the country lies in the tropics and therefore gets a lot of rain in the summer (the Wet Season). The best time to visit the north of the country, including most of the outback and much of the Great Barrier Reef is in the “winter” – Jun-Sept. Temps. in the 70s and 80s, typically clear and dry. This would include the cities Cairns, Darwin, and Alice Springs. Weather-wise, the best time to visit Tasmania, in the extreme south is the summer (Dec-Feb). At that time, most of the rest of the country is hot to very hot: the outback is scorched and the North is rainy, sticky and humid.
