How hot is Christmas Island?

Answer 1

Australian Christmases can vary greatly, but the one thing that remains constant is that Christmas falls during the summer. Australia is a vast country, so the weather on Christmas Day will vary according to which part of Australia one is in, and the prevailing conditions of the time. The weather at Christmas is usually within the range of very warm to even hotter.

In the north, the weather is hot and humid, as it is the monsoon season, and December is one of the months when cyclones may hit anywhere from along Queensland's central coast, north through the Gulf country and over to the northwestern coast of Western Australia. The city of Darwin was devastated by a cyclone on Christmas Day 1974.

In the south, Christmas is prime bushfire time, when temperatures can be excessively hot, and heatwaves may continue for weeks. Central Australia is also very hot and dry during this time.

Tasmania and other regions of southern Australia can fluctuate quite widely, from cool and pleasant to hot and dry.