The wettest city in the world is Buenaventura, where it rains 258 days per year. Australia's rainiest city is Cairns in Queensland, with 117 days of precipitation. The UK's wettest city is Londonderry in Northern Ireland (147 days). The wettest city in the US is Hilo, Hawaii (211 days).
Sydney and Melbourne both have an average of approximately 100 days of rain per year, but the average rainfall in Sydney per year is double the volume in Melbourne!
The average annual rainfall in Mawsynram, which is recognised as the world's wettest by the Guinness Book of Records, is 11,871mm – more than 10 times the Indian national average of 1,083mm.
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.
Perth's average annual rainfall is 733 millimetres, 70mm higher than Melbourne (663mm), more than 100mm higher than Hobart (614mm) and almost 200mm more than London's annual average of 557mm.
The nations rainiest cities are in southeastern Australia, where Hobart and Melbourne both average more than 150 days of rain per year. By contrast, Perth and Canberra only just get over 100 rain days in an average year.
Perth, Western Australia
In fact, it's officially the sunniest capital city in the world, with an average of eight hours of sun per day, year-round. It's wonderfully close to Fremantle and Rottnest Island too, so you can take home a suitcase full of brightly-lit quokka selfies.
The desert landscape surrounding Oodnadatta, Australia's driest town.
1. Hobart. With low crime rates and a relatively low cost of living, Hobart scores a relaxation score of 9 – making it the most relaxing area to live in in Australia. The city has plenty of bars, cafes and restaurants, as well as an art museum (the Mona) and plenty of sights to see.
The town is an ex-Hydro village and now a residence for Inland Fisheries Services (IFS) and a Tasmania Police station. It is known for its exceptional fishing at nearby Great Lake and hosts several trout fishing events. Liawenee is the coldest permanently-inhabited place in Australia.
As we can be seen in the graph below, Tasmania was undoubtedly the wettest Australian state in 2022, as it usually is. The Tasmanian city of Queenstown is one of the wettest places in the whole of Australia, experiencing about 150 days of rain per year.
What is the Wettest Country on Earth? The wettest country on Earth is Colombia. Colombia has the world's highest precipitation rate, estimated at 3,240 millimeters per year (127 inches). Due to frequent and intense rainfall, several portions of the state are permanently flooded.
After maintaining the highest standard of community well-being for seven consecutive years, it comes as no surprise that the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) cemented itself as the best place to live in Australia.
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).
The friendliest town in NSW, Temora is a centre of heritage and culture. It is home to a carefully curated collection of warplanes and the only two flying Spitfires in Australia. The biennial Warbirds Downunder Airshow is a two-day, memorable experience featuring the largest gathering of Warbird Aircrafts in Australia.
Adelaide has hit a sweltering 46.6 degrees Celsius, surpassing the previous record set in Melbourne a decade ago to officially become the hottest capital in the country.
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.
Adelaide has a nice climate with mild winters and warm, dry summers. 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.
Mawsynram receives the highest rainfall in India. It is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an average annual rainfall of 11,872 millimetres (467.4 in), According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Mawsynram received 26,000 millimetres (1,000 in) of rainfall in 1985.
It's the ultimate combination of city and nature
One of the most unique things about Perth is that it's the most isolated city on the globe – completely surrounded by the Australian outback on one side and the Indian Ocean on the other.
While snow has never been recorded in the Perth CBD, light snowfalls have been reported in outer suburbs of Perth in the Perth Hills around Kalamunda, Roleystone and Mundaring. The most recent snowfall was in 1968.
Jandakot was the coldest in the Perth metropolitan area, dipping to -0.9C at 6.49am. Wandering in the Wheatbelt was the coldest spot in the state, recording a temperature of -2.6C.