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Photo by John Coppi, CSIRO, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Best time to visit Coober Pedy

Australia · Oceania

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Coober Pedy

Tap a month for its page

  1. Coober Pedy in January: avoid
  2. Coober Pedy in February: avoid
  3. Coober Pedy in March: avoid
  4. Coober Pedy in April: good
  5. Coober Pedy in May: good, busy
  6. Coober Pedy in June: good
  7. Coober Pedy in July: good, busy
  8. Coober Pedy in August: sweet spot
  9. Coober Pedy in September: sweet spot
  10. Coober Pedy in October: sweet spot
  11. Coober Pedy in November: sweet spot
  12. Coober Pedy in December: avoid
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
Go in Aug–Nov — these months score within a whisker of each other; 32C max, 2 rainy days. Apr is the next best.

Month by month

MonthMax °CRain days HumiditySun h/day VerdictWhy
Jan 37° 1d 32% 12.2h avoid extreme heat: 20 days over 35C
Feb 35° 1d 33% 11.8h avoid extreme heat: 15 days over 35C
Mar 33° 1d 37% 11.0h avoid extreme heat: 11 days over 35C
Apr 27° 1d 43% 10.2h good 27C max, 1 rainy day
May 21° 1d 53% 9.3h goodbusy busier than usual
Jun 18° 2d 60% 8.8h good 18C max, 2 rainy days
Jul 19° 1d 56% 9.4h goodbusy busier than usual
Aug 21° 1d 48% 9.7h sweet spot 21C max, 1 rainy day
Sep 26° 1d 36% 10.9h sweet spot 26C max, 1 rainy day
Oct 29° 2d 36% 11.2h sweet spot 29C max, 2 rainy days
Nov 32° 2d 35% 11.9h sweet spot 32C max, 2 rainy days
Dec 35° 0d 29% 12.4h avoid extreme heat: 15 days over 35C

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at Coober Pedy town: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest in May and July.

Then and now

Coober Pedy's July days now average 18.8°C, 2.2°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 6 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
1981–9035.0°34.1°30.8°26.1°21.2°17.1°16.6°19.6°24.2°28.3°31.4°33.8°
2017–2636.9°35.1°32.9°27.4°21.5°18.4°18.8°21.1°26.1°29.3°31.6°35.1°
Change+1.8°+1.0°+2.0°+1.4°+0.3°+1.3°+2.2°+1.6°+1.9°+0.9°+0.2°+1.3°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

How far Coober Pedy is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type I plugs at 230 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Australian dollar. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for Australia: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

  • Paying — Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay and Google Pay are taken in most shops, cafés and hotels; carry some cash in remote areas. Since 1 October 2026 shops may not add a fee for paying by card; taxis follow their state's rules.
  • UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
  • Tipping — Not expected; prices include service. In upmarket restaurants 10% for good service is common. Taxi drivers do not expect tips.

Getting around Coober Pedy

  • Apps — Rides: DiDi, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: Messenger, Text messages (SMS), WhatsApp.

Coober Pedy is small, with most shops on Hutchison St and everything else fairly close by. You can generally walk around town from hotels, as long as you can handle the heat. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Coober Pedy, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

  • Emergency — 000 (any emergency).
    TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Coober Pedy in pictures

CSIRO ScienceImage 3836 Opal fields at Coober Pedy South Australia 1992
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John Coppi, CSIRO, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Coober Pedy panoramio (1)
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Pavel Špindler, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Coober Pedy, South Australia town
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Rob Chandler, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Coober Pedy is like

Coober Pedy, (pronounced Coober Peedy), is a small town in South Australia, 846 km (526 mi) north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway with a population of 3,500. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing
Some of the interesting attractions in Coober Pedy include: Mines It is dangerous to wander among the diggings. You could fall down a shaft or be mistaken for a thief. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing
The Opal mine tour is a great experience for all. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in
Regional Express flies between Adelaide and Coober Pedy three times per week using turboprop aircraft. Fares start at $300 for the 2-hour flight. More on Wikivoyage
Staying safe
There are many signs in the area warning visitors to avoid falling into an abandoned mineshaft. Never walk backwards. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Coober Pedy, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

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Kind of place

Coober Pedy is in Australia, Oceania. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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