How warm does The Whitsundays get?

Typical daytime highs in The Whitsundays are Mar–May 28°C (82°F), Jun–Aug 24°C (75°F), Sep–Nov 29°C (85°F), Dec–Feb 31°C (87°F).

Is The Whitsundays expensive?

On the ground, The Whitsundays is high-end.

Oceania / Australia

The Whitsundays

Q: What sort of trip is The Whitsundays good for?

The Whitsundays is good for sunshine and salt water, landscape doing the heavy lifting, an unhurried pace, the once-in-a-lifetime sort of thing.

The Whitsundays · Australia · Proserpine

Sand so fine and white it barely gets hot underfoot, a swirl of white and blue at Whitehaven Beach best seen from the air, and a sail through seventy-four islands with the reef just offshore the whole way.

The best time to visit The Whitsundays is Jun–Oct, when typical daytime highs reach about 31°C (87°F). Local time there is 05:50 (UTC+10).

Best time to go

Jun–Oct

Budget on the ground

$$$ · high-end

Nearest airport

PPP · Proserpine

Good for

sunshine and salt water landscape doing the heavy lifting an unhurried pace the once-in-a-lifetime sort of thing

In season

June July August September October

The year at a glance

Light0 to 24h High16 to 40°C61 to 104°F Rain0 to 380mm0 to 15.0in

June · high 75°F · rain 1.0in · 10.9h of daylight · in the recommended window

shaded columns are the recommended window

Measured at Proserpine, this page’s gateway

The Whitsundays month by month, the same numbers the figure draws
Month	High °CHigh °F	Rain mmRain in	Light	Notes
January	30°C86°F	366mm14.4in	13.2h13.2h
February	31°C87°F	231mm9.1in	12.8h12.8h
March	30°C86°F	114mm4.5in	12.3h12.3h
April	28°C82°F	120mm4.7in	11.6h11.6h
May	25°C77°F	59mm2.3in	11.2h11.2h
June	24°C75°F	25mm1.0in	10.9h10.9h	in the recommended window
July	23°C74°F	100mm3.9in	11.0h11.0h	in the recommended window
August	25°C77°F	30mm1.2in	11.4h11.4h	in the recommended window
September	27°C80°F	22mm0.9in	12.0h12.0h	in the recommended window
October	30°C86°F	29mm1.1in	12.6h12.6h	in the recommended window
November	31°C88°F	70mm2.8in	13.1h13.1h
December	32°C89°F	157mm6.2in	13.4h13.4h

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