Adelaide
City in Australia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Adelaide DougBarber: Photograph by Doug Barber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Adelaide is a city in Australia, in South Australia. About 1.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Australia in our atlas.
It lies at 34.93° S, 138.60° E, about 59 m (194 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Australia/Adelaide time zone.
Location
Red dot: Adelaide. Green dots: other major cities of Australia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Adelaide has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Jan, with average highs near 30°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 6°C (43°F). Around 431 mm (17 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jun.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in AustraliaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Geelong · 635 km
- Melbourne · 662 km
- Canberra · 959 km
- Sydney · 1,153 km
- Central Coast · 1,174 km
- Newcastle · 1,220 km
- Logan City · 1,549 km
- Brisbane · 1,552 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2078025 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q5112 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Adelaide DougBarber: Photograph by Doug Barber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Main entrance of the Art Gallery of South Australia (DSCF3673): Yu Chu Chin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sa museum: Blnguyen, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Adelaide Zoo flamingo: Kevin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palm house, Adelaide Botanic Gardens - oblique: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- AdelaideEntertainmentCentre: Normangerman at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Marden Sports Complex: Simione001, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Migration Museum, Adelaide - entrance: Bahudhara, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- VictoriaSquare South: Blueturtle01 (talk), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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