Warm, dry weather from late March to mid April. 35 seaside holiday towns and cities in Australia and the Pacific were scored around Easter, and 6 rate Good or better. The six below lead, spread across the region.
Where to go
- 175 · GoodTownsvilleAustralia
Midday around Easter feels like 29°C under partly cloudy skies, which rates 75, Good, for sunbathing. Good weather here runs from late September to early May, so there is room either side. See early April on the map.
- 271 · GoodYeppoonAustralia
A typical midday around Easter feels like 28°C, and the Sunbathing rating averages 71 over the stretch. The good spell lasts about six and a half months, from mid October to April. Open it on the map at early April.
- 363 · GoodAvaruaCook Islands
Rated 63 (Good) for sunbathing around Easter: midday feels like 31°C, with often cloudy skies. Good weather here runs from November to mid June, so there is room either side. See early April on the map.
- 460 · GoodCairnsAustralia
Midday around Easter feels like 30°C under often cloudy skies, which rates 60, Good, for sunbathing. The good spell lasts about two and a half months, from mid March to mid May. Open it on the map at early April.
- 558 · GoodHervey BayAustralia
Rated 58 (Good) for sunbathing around Easter: midday feels like 26°C, with often cloudy skies. Good weather here runs from late November to early April, so there is room either side. See early April on the map.
- 656 · GoodCaloundraAustralia
Midday around Easter feels like 26°C under often cloudy skies, which rates 56, Good, for sunbathing. The good spell lasts about four and a half months, from late November to early April. Open it on the map at early April.
How this list is worked out
The data
Every figure comes from a decade of weather-station observations, blended into one typical year and read at midday, local solar time. Scores here are averaged from late March to mid April; a city missing a reading for any part of that stretch is left out rather than scored on part of it.
The rating
Sunbathing: Warm feels-like gates the score — best 26–32 °C. Dry air, light wind and clear skies each lift it; none alone rules it out. A place is also left out when its typical readings contradict its own rating, for example a high score alongside frequent rain.
The spread
To keep one warm corner from filling the list, entries are at least 150 km apart, no more than three sit within 1,000 km of each other, and no more than three come from one country unless the list would otherwise run short.
Only seaside places
Towns and cities within 12 km of the coast, with beaches and plenty of hotels, resorts and holiday lets within 10 km for their size. That keeps out hot inland towns and busy ports that nobody visits for the beach. Places to stay are counted from Overture Maps Places, an open dataset, so a resort missing there is missing here.
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