Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide or the Adelaide city centre; the demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The traditional owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna, with the name Tarndanya referring to the area of the city centre and surrounding Park Lands, in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area encompasses over 430 suburbs, extending 96 km (60 mi) from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south and 20 km (12 mi) from the western coast to the eastern foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges.
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Elevation
- 48 m
- Population
- 1,469,163
- Time zone
- Australia/Adelaide
- Coordinates
- -34.93, 138.60
Weather in Adelaide month by month
The best months to go: Feb · Mar · Dec
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 28° | 26° | 25° | 22° | 17° | 15° | 14° | 15° | 18° | 20° | 22° | 25° |
| low | 17° | 16° | 15° | 13° | 11° | 9° | 8° | 8° | 10° | 11° | 13° | 14° |
| rain | 27 mm | 36 mm | 21 mm | 56 mm | 83 mm | 120 mm | 82 mm | 87 mm | 59 mm | 61 mm | 52 mm | 24 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Adelaide is from other cities in Australia
- Geelong627 km✈ 1 h 31 min · 🚗 10 h 27 min
- Melbourne654 km✈ 1 h 33 min · 🚗 10 h 54 min
- Canberra958 km✈ 1 h 55 min · 🚗 15 h 58 min
- Wollongong1,125 km✈ 2 h 7 min · 🚗 18 h 45 min
- Hobart1,161 km✈ 2 h 10 min · 🚗 19 h 21 min
- Sydney1,162 km✈ 2 h 10 min · 🚗 19 h 22 min
- Central Coast1,186 km✈ 2 h 12 min · 🚗 19 h 46 min
- Newcastle1,235 km✈ 2 h 15 min · 🚗 20 h 35 min
Photo from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · Data from GeoNames, Open-Meteo.