Kin Kin in December

Listed as a month to avoid: Dec–Feb (heat, storms, holiday crowds on the coast).

December is rated avoid. These months rate higher:

• AprilGreatInside Kin Kin's best window: Apr–May, Aug–Oct.
• MayGreatInside Kin Kin's best window: Apr–May, Aug–Oct.
• AugustGreatInside Kin Kin's best window: Apr–May, Aug–Oct.
• SeptemberGreatInside Kin Kin's best window: Apr–May, Aug–Oct.

• Kin KinHighs around 29 °C (84 °F), lows around 20 °C (68 °F), rain on about 13 daysHighs around 84 °F (29 °C), lows around 68 °F (20 °C), rain on about 13 days

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• New Year big impact

  31 Dec – 1 Jan · Australia

  Sydney Harbour fireworks: vantage points ticketed or claimed from morning; beds book out months ahead.

• Summer school holidays big impact

  Mid-Dec to late Jan · Australia

  Coast, campsites, ferries and Tasmania fill; prices peak.

• Christmas and Boxing Day big impact

  25–26 December · Australia

  Shops closed on Christmas Day; Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and the Sydney–Hobart yacht race start.

Crowds · Australia overall

High

Prices · Australia overall

High

Australia overall: Summer holidays begin; bushfire risk and heatwaves in the south, wet season in the north; book everything early.

High-price month: see what to book ahead.

Weather, crowds and prices for any two months in Kin Kin, side by side.

• A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast

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