Hi there,

Just a quick question, a total newbie so please excuse my lack of knowledge! : )

How does the weather/ humidity differ?

Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney?

Is there a certain area that suffers in the hotter months?

Aprox what is the weather like in the colder months, max in the hotter months.

Thanks ; )

That really requires a thesis to answer! Check out the BOM site - http://www.bom.gov.au/ for an overall description (check the historical records/averages).

In general terms the further north you go the hotter it will become. The further inland you go from the coast the less humid it will be. The further North you go the more likely you are to experience cyclones. Bushfires can happen anywhere

Perth/Adelaide hot dry summers,cool wet winters,Melbourne cooler and wetter but very changable.Sydney warmer than Melb and more Humid.
Brisbane hotter and more Humid again.Darwin don't ask

It's a myth that Brisbane is hotter - probably has a higher average yearly temp than the southern states but generally cooler in summer and warmer in winter.

Here is a good site http://www.weatherzone.com.au/climate/stationdrill.jsp

Well that sounds like a bit of a myth too. BOM provides stats for these types of things - average max across Dec / Jan / Feb ( & days over 30C per year):

Brisbane - 29.2C (50)
Perth - 29.0C (54)
Adelaide - 28.6C (55)
Sydney - 25.6C (15)
Melbourne - 25.3C (30)

Not to mention app temps.A 29 dec day in Perth is far more comfortable than 29 deg day in humid Brisbane.

This might help you. It's derived from the wikipedia entries and allows you to compare all the cities by eye on one screen (if your's is tall enough).

Western Sydney - stinking hot, no air flow...
Further west - Blue Mountains - European style climate...

Pick your poison.

Or, as we like to describe it:

Western Sydney - the furnaces of hell
Blue Mountains - pretty perfect (for NSW)

There are people who refuse to believe that I have had to lag pipes and scrape ice off the windscreen living about 40km away from Brisbane.

Minus 6 it was. Lovely during the day though, I love a Brisbane winter's day.

And in summer? Betty Swollocks. I suffer through summer, I am warm-blooded, not a bleeding lizard.

Of the four places you mention, I think Sydney is the most temperate. But, if hot weather/humidity bothers you, bear in mind Australia has heat waves most Summers. If you were thinking about a move to Australia, test a Summer first.

Imo, Winter is relatively mild in Sydney but it does get very cold in Melbourne.

Australian weather is extreme and I'm not a fan.

Indeed! The humidity only lasts 2-3 months max then it is lovely the rest of the year.

We arrived last May in Brisbane. Based purely on reviewing BOM climatic averages and own personal experience, spring is the best time of year as warm but not too hot, and decent sunshine hours.

Been horrible here the last few weeks, so waiting for an improvement (and some sun would be nice but not looking promising)

I love the Melbourne weather, we get warm spring and autumn, a hot summer which can be too hot on occasion to go out in and a cooler winter. It's not cold cold in winter though, never get frost in our part of Melbourne and it never snows. And in the winter we can drive to the snow in 2 hours up in the hills for tobogganning and skiing.

This year has been a very warm dry summer -today is only the 3rd day we have had any rain to speak of since New Year!

BB