Sunshine Atlas

Cooma weather by month & the best time to visit

Australia · alpine / mountain town · oceanic / maritime climate

Cooma, Australia
Cooma — photo by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The best time to visit Cooma is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 83/100), with March and December close behind. Cooma averages about 2,825 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 67 mm of rain in January.

When is the best time to visit Cooma?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Cooma is January, then March and December. The dullest month is July (0/100, 65 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Cooma?

Cooma gets a lot of sun: around 2,825 hours a year. 83 Sunshine Score points separate January (83) from July (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #82 of 118 destinations in Australia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,071 hours. The year's 836 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

January: 8383February: 80March: 82April: 64May: 29June: 7July: 0August: 7September: 35October: 61November: 79December: 82JFMAMJJASOND
MonthScoreDay highNight lowRainUV
January83 27° / 81°F12° / 54°F 67 mm11
February80 25° / 77°F11° / 52°F 85 mm9
March82 22° / 72°F9° / 48°F 72 mm8
April64 17° / 63°F6° / 43°F 57 mm5
May29 12° / 54°F3° / 37°F 48 mm3
June7 9° / 48°F1° / 34°F 73 mm2
July0 8° / 46°F0° / 32°F 65 mm2
August7 9° / 48°F0° / 32°F 67 mm3
September35 13° / 55°F2° / 36°F 61 mm5
October61 17° / 63°F5° / 41°F 76 mm7
November79 21° / 70°F8° / 46°F 91 mm9
December82 24° / 75°F10° / 50°F 74 mm10

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Cooma: questions and answers

What kind of destination is Cooma?

Cooma is a alpine / mountain town in Australia at 934 m elevation with a oceanic / maritime climate.

How many hours of sunshine does Cooma get a year?

Cooma gets about 2,825 hours of sunshine a year, at its best around January.

When is the best time to visit Cooma?

The sunniest time to visit Cooma is January, when the Sunshine Score peaks at 83/100 (with March and December close behind). Expect daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F.

What is the least sunny month in Cooma?

July is the least sunny month in Cooma, scoring 0/100 with about 65 mm of rain.

How strong is the sun in Cooma?

The typical midday UV index in Cooma peaks around 11 (extreme) in January, easing to about 2 (low) in June. Month-by-month midday UV values are in the UV column of the table on this page.

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