Oceania · Australasia
Australia
44 cities in the atlas · 115 airports with scheduled flights
Sydney Opera House · Photo: Roybb95 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Canberra
- Currency
- AUD
- Australian Dollar
- Local time
- Australian Eastern Daylight TimeUTC+11:00
- 6 more
- Calling code
- +61
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type I
Facts
Australia in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Canberra
- Currency
- Australian Dollar AUDToday's indicative rate: AUD 1 ≈ USD 0.692Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: EnglishSpoken: English
- Time zones
- Australian Western Standard TimeUTC+08:00Australian Central Western Standard TimeUTC+08:45Australian Central Standard TimeUTC+09:30Australian Eastern Standard TimeUTC+10:00Australian Central Daylight TimeUTC+10:30Australian Eastern Daylight TimeUTC+11:00Lord Howe Daylight TimeUTC+11:00
- Calling code
- +61
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type I230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 000general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 27,614,411 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 7,686,850 km²
- Internet domain
- .au
- Land borders
- None: an island or a coastal territory with no land border recorded
When to go
Climate across Australia
In August to June, more than half of the 14 cities with figures in Australia have a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
| City | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canberra | 29° | 26° | 23° | 19° | 14° | 11° | 10° | 11° | 15° | 19° | 23° | 25° |
| Sydney | 26° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 20° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 23° | 24° |
| Melbourne | 26° | 25° | 23° | 20° | 16° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 21° | 23° |
| Perth | 26° | 27° | 26° | 23° | 21° | 19° | 18° | 18° | 18° | 20° | 22° | 25° |
| Brisbane | 29° | 28° | 27° | 25° | 23° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 28° |
| Adelaide | 30° | 29° | 26° | 22° | 18° | 14° | 14° | 15° | 18° | 21° | 25° | 27° |
| Hobart | 21° | 21° | 19° | 16° | 14° | 12° | 11° | 12° | 13° | 15° | 17° | 19° |
| Darwin | 30° | 30° | 30° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 31° | 32° | 33° | 32° | 31° |
| Newcastle | 27° | 26° | 25° | 23° | 20° | 18° | 17° | 18° | 20° | 22° | 24° | 25° |
| Gold Coast | 29° | 29° | 27° | 25° | 22° | 20° | 19° | 21° | 24° | 26° | 28° | 29° |
| Cities good for going, of 14 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).
On the map
Where Australia is
The dashed box is the extent of the country's main landmass, from Natural Earth; outlying islands fall outside it. The dots are the cities with pages of their own.
Land borders
None: an island or a coastal territory with no land border recorded
Cities
Cities in Australia
All 44 places in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
- CanberraCapitalAustralian Capital Territory367,752
- SydneyGuideNew South Wales5,638,830
- MelbourneVictoria5,435,590
- BrisbaneQueensland2,780,063
- PerthWestern Australia2,384,371
- AdelaideSouth Australia1,469,163
- Gold CoastQueensland640,778
- NewcastleNew South Wales508,437
- Sunshine CoastQueensland398,840
- Central CoastNew South Wales346,596
- Logan CityQueensland345,098
- HobartTasmania254,930
- CairnsQueensland153,075
- DarwinNorthern Territory139,902
Smaller places with an airport · 30
Airports
Airports in Australia
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Large airports
- SYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportSydney
- AVVMelbourne Avalon International AirportMelbourne
- MELMelbourne AirportMelbourne
- BNEBrisbane International AirportBrisbane
- PERPerth International AirportPerth
- ADLAdelaide International AirportAdelaide
- OOLGold Coast AirportGold Coast
- NTLNewcastle AirportNewcastle
- MCYSunshine Coast AirportSunshine Coast
- HBAHobart International AirportHobart
- CNSCairns International AirportCairns
- WTBToowoomba Wellcamp AirportToowoomba
- DRWDarwin International Airport / RAAF DarwinDarwin
- PHEPort Hedland International AirportPort Hedland
- BMEBroome International AirportBroome
Medium airports · 100
- MBW · Melbourne
- MEB · Melbourne
- CBR · Canberra
- TSV · Townsville
- OKY · Toowoomba
- LST · Launceston
- MKY · Mackay
- ROK · Rockhampton
- CFS · Coffs Harbour
- BDB · Bundaberg
- HVB · Hervey Bay
- PQQ · Port Macquarie
- GLT · Gladstone
- TMW · Tamworth
- DBO · Dubbo
- ABX · Wodonga
- GET · Geraldton
- BHS · Bathurst
- ALH · Albany
- MQL · Mildura
- KGI · Kalgoorlie-Boulder
- DPO · Devonport
- ASP · Alice Springs
- MGB · Mount Gambier
- ARM · Armidale
- WYA · Whyalla
- GFF · Griffith
- BWT · Burnie
- ISA · Mount Isa
- MYA · Batemans Bay
- BHQ · Broken Hill
- KTA · Karratha
- AYQ · Yulara
- BCI · Barcaldine
- BEU · Bedourie
- BKQ · Blackall
- BNK · Ballina
- BQL · Boulia Airport
- BRK · Bourke Airport
- BVI · Birdsville Airport
- CAZ · Cobar Airport
- CED · Ceduna Airport
- CMA · Cunnamulla Airport
- CNB · Coonamble Airport
- CNJ · Cloncurry
- CPD · Coober Pedy
- CTL · Charleville
- CTN · Cooktown Airport
- CUQ · Coen
- CVQ · Carnarvon
- ELC · Elcho Island
- EMD · Emerald
- EPR · Esperance
- FIZ · Fitzroy Crossing Airport
- GOV · Nhulunbuy
- GTE · Groote Eylandt
- HID · Horn
- HTI · Hamilton Island
- IRG · Lockhart River
- KGC · Kingscote Airport
- KNS · King Island Airport
- KNX · Kununurra
- KWM · Kowanyama
- LEA · Exmouth
- LER · Leinster Airport
- LHG · Lightning Ridge Airport
- LNO · Leonora
- LRE · Longreach
- LSY · Lismore
- MHU · Mount Hotham
- MIM · Merimbula
- MJK · Denham
- MKR · Meekatharra Airport
- MMG · Mount Magnet Airport
- MNG · Maningrida
- MOV · Moranbah
- MRZ · Moree
- NAA · Narrabri
- NRA · Narrandera
- NTN · Normanton
- OOM · Cooma
- PBO · Paraburdoo
- PKE · Parkes
- PLO · Port Lincoln
- PPP · Proserpine
- PTJ · Portland Airport
- PUG · Port Augusta Airport
- RMA · Roma
- SNB · Milikapiti
- TCA · Tennant Creek
- THG · Biloela
- ULP · Quilpie Airport
- WEI · Weipa
- WGA · Forest Hill
- WGE · Walgett Airport
- WIN · Winton Airport
- WNR · Windorah
- WUN · Wiluna Airport
- XTG · Thargomindah
- ZNE · Newman
Photographs
Australia in pictures
Photographs from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its author, with its licence.
SydneyPhoto: W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
CanberraPhoto: Tim J Keegan from Lake Macquarie, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
MelbournePhoto: Shkuru Afshar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
PerthPhoto: Samuel Wiki · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
BrisbanePhoto: Chris Olszewski · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AdelaidePhoto: Doug Barber · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Guides
Our guides in Australia
From the journal
Related reading
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
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Plan a trip to Australia
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