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.
Perth is not only Australia's sunniest city but is also considered one of the sunniest cities in the world with 8 hours of average sunshine every day! On average, Perth only gets about 8 days of rainfall in a year meaning that the rest of the days are generally bright and sunny with warm weather and clear skies.
Perth has an average of 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, which equates to around 3,200 hours of annual sunshine, and 138.7 clear days annually, making it the sunniest capital city in Australia.
Western Australia earns the title of sunniest state on the continent due to its size and location. Perth has the most peak sunlight hours at 3,200 hours annually.
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.
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.
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.
Yuma, Arizona
Officially the sunniest city in the world, Yuma, AZ, receives over 4,000 sunlight hours per year, along with extremely low humidity. During the summer months, it averages more than 13 hours of sunlight per day, mainly due to its location in the Sonoran Desert.
1. Marble Bar, Western Australia. Marble Bar claims to be the hottest town in Australia. It holds the record for the highest average monthly maximum temperature, which is 41.5°C in December.
Dalkeith topped the million dollar list with an annual median house price of $3,400,000. Its most expensive house sale* in the 12 months to February 2023 was 26 Hobbs Avenue, Dalkeith, which sold for $8,255,000 in October 2022.
Today Marble Bar is synonymous with heat. It is known as 'the hottest town in Australia' a fact which is still recorded by the Guinness Book of Records. For 161 consecutive days to 20 April 1924 the temperature in the town never dropped below 100°F (37.8°C). This record still stands after over eighty years.
Liawenee and surrounding Miena Dam experience annual mean maximum temperatures of 12.1 °C (53.8 °F) and 10.1 °C (50.2 °F), respectively, and are thus amongst the coldest permanently inhabited places in Australia; irrespective of Miena Dam, Liawenee is colder on this metric than notable mainland sites of a similar ...
Svalbard is the place in Norway where the midnight sun occurs for the longest period. Here, the sun doesn't set between 20 April and 22 August.
Sunshine duration measures the total number of sunshine hours for the entire year, giving a general impression of how cloudy a city is. By that measure, Yuma, Arizona, is the sunniest place on Earth! If you visit, you have a 90% chance of being greeted by sunshine, no matter the season.
Yuma, Arizona – 4,015 hours of sunshine per year
Moreover, the city also tops as the world's sunniest place, receiving an average of 4,015 hours of sunshine annually! Yuma has the most reported mean sunlight of any city on Earth, with the sun shining for around 90% of the daylight hours.
Although it can rain, Adelaide is the driest and least humid of all of Australia's major cities. The summer is definitely not humid and rainfall is sparse.
South Australia is the driest of the Australian states. Only about one-fifth of the area receives annual precipitation of more than 10 inches (250 mm), and less than half of that has more than 16 inches (400 mm).
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.
1. Canberra – Australia's Capital City. Nestled between Sydney and Melbourne, Canberra is not only the capital but also Australia's safest city. With a low crime rate and a small-town vibe, Canberra offers an attractive blend of city living and peaceful suburban life.
“Perth is the windiest capital, with an average wind speed of 15.6 km/h; Canberra is the least windy with an average wind speed of 5.4 km/h.” So, despite the freak flash flooding of 1971, Canberra is Australia's least windy city. What's it like where you live? Have you found Australia's wind free location?
New research by Compare the Market has named the most cost-effective cities to live in based on factors such as the average income, utility costs, grocery costs and apartment costs. Melbourne was crowned the most cost-effective city in Australia, scoring 3.36 out of 5 stars.