Season guide · Adelaide · Australia
Adelaide in winter
June–August: weather, crowds, prices and the best things to do this time of year.
Updated By the AMZBooking editorial team
Photo: Nicole Kearney, CC BY-SA 4.0
Quick answer
Cool and showery with highs around 15–16°C; quiet, lower prices, fires in winery restaurants and AFL football. Expect highs up to 16°C (61°F) and lows around 8°C (46°F), with about 35 rainy days across June–August.
Key facts
- Months
- June–August
- Temperatures
- 8°C (46°F) to 16°C (61°F)
- Rainy days in the season
- About 35
- Sea
- 13°C (55°F) to 15°C (59°F)
- Crowds
- Quiet
- Hotel prices
- Low
Weather in winter
| Month | High | Low | Rainy days | Daylight | Crowds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June | 16°C (61°F) | 8°C (46°F) | 11 | 9.8 h | 2/5 |
| July | 15°C (59°F) | 8°C (46°F) | 12 | 10 h | 2/5 |
| August | 16°C (61°F) | 8°C (46°F) | 12 | 10.8 h | 2/5 |
Compared with the rest of the year: average highs of 16°C (61°F) against a yearly 22°C (72°F), and 35 of the year's roughly 86 rainy days fall in these 3 months. Crowds rate 2/5 and hotel prices 2/5 on average.
What's on in winter
Recurring events; dates move from year to year, so confirm with the organiser.
- August: SALA Festival — South Australian Living Artists (usually August)
Good choices for winter
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Museum · Port Adelaide
South Australian Maritime Museum
Australia's oldest maritime museum occupies a stone bond store in Port Adelaide, with full-size ships to climb aboard, migrant stories and a lighthouse.
- Time needed
- 2 hours
- Cost
- Low cost
- Kids
- History
- Rainy day
Experience · Parkside
Haigh's Chocolates Visitor Centre
Book a free factory tour in advance and try the frog-shaped chocolates, an Adelaide favourite.
- Time needed
- 45 minutes
- Cost
- Free
- Food
- Kids
- Free
- Rainy day
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Market · West End and Gouger Street
Adelaide Central Market
Trading since 1869, the market fills a covered hall between Grote and Gouger Streets with around 70 stalls of fruit, cheese, smallgoods, seafood and bread, plus cafés and food counters.
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Free
- Iconic
- Food
- Free
- Shopping
- Rainy day
Gallery · North Terrace
Art Gallery of South Australia
Start with the Elder Wing of Australian art, then cross the courtyard to the South Australian Museum next door.
- Time needed
- 2 hours
- Cost
- Free
- Art
- Free
- Rainy day
- Iconic
Museum · North Terrace
South Australian Museum
The museum's Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery holds one of the world's largest collections of Aboriginal cultural material, and other galleries cover Pacific cultures, opalised fossils, minerals and Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson.
- Time needed
- 2 hours
- Cost
- Free
- Free
- Rainy day
- Kids
- History
Day trips in winter
- Hahndorf and the Adelaide Hills (About 30 minutes by car) — Hahndorf, founded by Prussian settlers in 1839, is Australia's oldest surviving German settlement, with a main street of stone buildings, bakeries and pubs.
- Clare Valley (About 1 hour 45 minutes by car) — A quieter wine region famous for riesling, with the Riesling Trail, a cycling path along a former railway line, linking cellar doors between Auburn and Clare.
What to pack
- Layers, a warm sweater and a jacket for cool evenings
- A compact umbrella and waterproof shoes — rain is frequent
- Comfortable walking shoes
Other times of year
Questions travellers ask
+Is winter a good time to visit Adelaide?
It is a trade-off: Cool and showery with highs around 15–16°C; quiet, lower prices, fires in winery restaurants and AFL football. The best months overall are March–April and October–November.
+What is the weather like in Adelaide in winter?
Highs of up to 16°C (61°F) and lows around 8°C (46°F), with about 35 rainy days over the season.