Tasmania has four distinct seasons. The warmest months are December, January, February and March. Autumn has still sunny days and riotous colours as 200 year-old oaks, elms, birches and our own native beech, turn from gold to red in preparation for winter. Winter runs from May through August. However, because we sit in the Southern Ocean, the world's weather engine, and our climate can vary greatly - on any given day.

The Tourism Tasmania  website www.discovertasmania.com/about_tasmania/climatewebsite has more information about our temperate maritime climate.

Average temperatures in degrees Celsius are:

Hobart Winter Minimum              5.4 C
Hobart Winter Maximum          12.5 C

Launceston Winter Minimum       2.4 C
Launceston Winter Maximum     11.6 C

Hobart Summer Minimum          12.8 C
Hobart Summer Maximum         22.6 C

Launceston Summer Minimum    11.1 C
Launceston Summer Maximum  23.7 C

The average summer temperature is a comfortable 21C (70 F)
The average winter temperature is 12 C (52 F)

Hobart is said to be Australia's second driest capital city.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics advise the mean number of annual rain days at Launceston is 121 and 163 at Hobart.

Mean daily hours of sunshine in Launceston is 6.9 hours
Mean daily hours of sunshine in Hobart is 6.1 hours

Source:  Named websites