Best Time for Limestone Coast: Crater Lakes, Coonawarra, Naracoorte Caves & Robe

Last updated: 2026-09-23

Preferred months for this journey: November, December, January, February, March. Check the seasonal notes before choosing your dates.

The Blue Lake performs its December colour-flip to vivid cobalt, Robe's beaches and rock pools warm, and cellar doors along the terra rossa strip pour cabernet in shirtsleeve weather.
Cray season and cosy cellar doors — Robe's famous crayfish come off the boats while Coonawarra's fires and tasting rooms slow everything to sipping pace.

Month	Low	High	Rain	Daylight
January	14.0°C	23.1°C	30 mm	14.3 h
February	14.2°C	22.7°C	25 mm	13.4 h
March	13.3°C	21.5°C	36 mm	12.3 h
April	11.7°C	18.9°C	44 mm	11.0 h
May	10.5°C	16.1°C	64 mm	10.0 h
June	9.1°C	14.0°C	84 mm	9.4 h
July	8.6°C	13.4°C	89 mm	9.6 h
August	8.5°C	13.7°C	88 mm	10.5 h
September	8.9°C	15.2°C	63 mm	11.8 h
October	9.7°C	17.0°C	48 mm	13.0 h
November	11.2°C	19.4°C	44 mm	14.1 h
December	12.6°C	21.1°C	40 mm	14.6 h