[platypus]

Which area or town do you think has the best climate in Australia? I'm looking for a Goldilocks climate. Not to hot, not too cold. Not too wet, not too dry. Plenty of sunshine. Preferably no extreme events like hurricanes or tornadoes. Is there anywhere that fits the bill? Thanks in advance.

[PamInPerth]

We chose Perth because of the climate and the beaches and we have not been disappointed. Perth has a very dry heat (low humidity) which makes the very hot days more bearable and if you live within 15-20 mins drive of the coast you get a lovely cooling breeze. Also Perth gets more sunshine hours than any other Australian capital city.

There are though, several days in high summer when the heat is too much and you're glad of the air con.

[Cliff]

If you can cope with the six to eight weeks of high humidity and heat over the summer then the Brisbane climate is good. The rest of the year there are warm days even right through the winter. The winter maximum is over 20 degrees. Spring and autumn are my favourite times – perfect weather – endless dry sunny days. In the winter Brisbane can get a bit cold at night but not as cold as the other capital cities.

Brisbane has very few rain days which is great for an outdoor lifestyle. That is something that I would miss if I were to move elsewhere. Most of Brisbane’s rain comes in downpours in the summer.

If you have to work outside in the summer then it will not be pleasant e.g. trades. If you can avoid that then Brisbane is great.

[FamousFive]

It's hard to answer this question because your not too cold/not too hot might be very different from mine. When I was in the UK, I dreamt of lots and lots of hot weather. I initially wanted to go to Brisbane. Since I've been here, I've changed and now I prefer more moderate temperatures.

For me the perfect spot would be somewhere to the south of Sydney. I mostly love Sydney's climate - warm or mild all year round, sunny all year round, and more blue skies in winter than summer. The sunny winters are a great feature of the east coast's climate. If there's one thing I'd change, it's the hot, humid weather (although not as hot or humid as further north) we can get in summer. Living nearer the coast helps with lower temperatures and sea-breezes.

If I wasn't tied to Sydney because of my work, I'd move south to somewhere like Narooma (http://www.narooma.org.au/). The climate is basically the same as eastern Sydney's except a couple of degrees cooler. Summer daytime maximum averages 24degC, minimum averages 17degC. Winter daytime maximum averages 16degC, minimum averages 7degC.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&a%20mp;q=narooma&sll=-36.219764,150.1371&sspn=0.095696,0.193806&%20ie=UT F8&z=12&ll=-36.184442,150.149117

[bettyshoe]

I've been on holiday to Florida a few times and I love it, yes, even the sticky heat. Looking at the stars from a hot tub at night is nice but a midnight swim is even better. I'm hoping we can live in Queenland because it's climate is so like Florida's.

[platypus]

Thanks FamousFive. I like the look of Narooma's climate. I don't think I'd be able to find work there though. Sydney's the closest city to Narooma, so does that mean Sydney is closest out of the cities to my Goldilock's climate? Looking from the UK, it doesn't seem to be.

The only time we hear about Sydney's weather in the UK is when it's either raining football sized hail stones (okay I'm exaggerating a little) or the whole city's about to catch fire because it hasn't rained for months.

So which of the cities has the easiest/best climate to live in?

[kangerman]

I think technically the Gold Coast has the best weather in Australia, for amount of sunshine and rain (according to the last canal tourguide I had up there).

The Coast averages 245 days of fine and sunny weather each year and has an average rainfall of about 1400mm annually, the majority of which falls in the summer period.

The Gold Coast is about an hour and a half drive south of Brisbane, close to the New South Wales/Queensland border.

[Maguire]

Brisbane is not to bad most of the time... we just had a 38 with high humidly, winters are nice and their is always sun if your an out doors kind of person. We also seem to have rather quick showers instead of a slow misty sort of day like you get in other parts of QLD