Average number of rain days per year While Darwin tops the list for total average annual rainfall, it is also one of Australia's driest capitals in terms of rain days per year. The nations rainiest cities are in southeastern Australia, where Hobart and Melbourne both average more than 150 days of rain per year.
One of the driest areas in Australia however, is Birdsville in Queensland. The desert town experiences only 10 days of rainfall per year. Although going further up North in Queensland, areas in Bamaga and Weipa are subject to much heavier rainfall, with about 75 rainfall days per year.
Australia's rainiest city is Cairns in Queensland, with 117 days of precipitation.
Lima, the capital of Peru, barely gets 0.24 in. (6.04 mm) of rain a year, making it the world's driest capital.
Adelaide is actually statistically the driest of all Australia's capital cities with the rain being unreliable, light and infrequent throughout various times of the year.
The city of Perth has the best weather/climate in Australia. The city enjoys a temperate Mediterranean climate with hot and dry summers and mild but wet winters. Perth is also the sunniest capital city in Australia and is considered one of the hottest experiencing over 250+ days of sunny blue skies.
Australia's westernmost capital city is a bastion of warmth during winter and a sub-tropical paradise during summer. In fact, Perth enjoys 147 sunny days, and 121 partly sunny days annually, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. That's more than a third of the year!
Perth is the sunniest city in the world. Basking in an average of eight hours of sunshine each day, year-round, the capital city of Western Australia is also blessed with 19 beaches, all within easy reach of the CBD.
With an average annual rainfall exceeding 4,000 millimetres (160 in), and the highest-ever annual rainfall in a populated area of Australia (7,900 millimetres (310 in) in 1950), Tully is arguably the wettest town in Australia.
Oodnadatta, South Australia
It is here where a temperature of nearly 51 degrees Celsius was recorded back in 1960 and the town displays a sign that proudly claims it as being the driest town of the driest state on the driest continent.
In 2021, Tasmania received the highest annual rainfall of any state or territory in Australia at an average of 1378 millimeters. South Australia was the driest state with 232 millimeters of rainfall on average.
Perth's Australia Day's are hardly ever rainy
Perth arguably has the best Australia Day weather, experiencing just 8 Australia Day's of rain since 1900 with an average of 2.9mm of rain falling on these days. It also has the highest average maximum temperature at 30.4°C with 61 of the past 116 Australia Days above 30°C.
Its capital city, Canberra, is the coldest capital city in Australia during the winter months. While cool, Canberra only averages around 660mm of rain each year.
Hell hath no fury like the Western Australian outback with scorching temperatures setting flames to world records this week. On Monday thermometers reached 46.1 degrees at Learmonth Airport making the tiny RAAF base in Exmouth the single hottest place on Earth so far in February 2023.
Perth is the windiest city in Australia and the third windiest city in the world.
And while Tasmania is known to be one of the wettest states in Australia, it may surprise some to know that Hobart is actually the second driest capital city in Australia, second to Adelaide.
Perth is 'richest' city in Australia.
Tasmania scored highly in the report in terms of its climate, electricity supply, agricultural resources and population density. The study states that rising populations and energy use have led to climate change, increased risk of pandemics and ecological destruction.
The Atacama Desert is the driest place in the world. Located in Arica, Chile, its annual rainfall is only 0.03 inches. The landscape is so arid, that NASA's astrobiologists travel to the Atacama Desert hoping it will lead them to clues about life on other planets.