Daintree Rainforest

Australia

The oldest continuously surviving tropical rainforest in the world plunges straight into the Great Barrier Reef.

Warmest month is December at 32°C on average. Coolest is June at 25°C. Driest reading falls in October with 5 rain days.

Six lead datapoints

MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January31°±3°17
February31°±3°17
March30°±3°17
April29°±3°14
May27°±2°10
June25°±2°8
July25°±2°6
August26°±2°6
September27°±3°7
October30°±3°5
November31°±3°6
December32°±3°12

What to do

  • Spot the elusive, pre-historic cassowary bird on a forest walk
  • Take a crocodile-spotting cruise down the Daintree River
  • Wander where the jungle meets the sea at Cape Tribulation

How we know this

Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Swing is the p10 to p90 range of daily highs, halved for the ± figure. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.