Will it rain today in Darwin?
Should you take an umbrella in Darwin? The forecast below loads live every time you open the page: rain now, when the next shower comes, and how much falls today and tomorrow.
Rain right now
Dry in Darwin for now; rain expected from about 15:30. Today’s total: 0.8 mm over 3 wet hours. Tomorrow: 0.8 mm of rain.
As of 2026-10-16 17:35 UTC (NOAA GFS snapshot). Updating live…
Rain every 3 hours, today and tomorrow
Today · Saturday 17 October
0.8 mm of rain, 3 wet hours, up to 0.1 mm/h.
Every 3 hours as a table
| Hours | Rain (mm) | mm/h | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21:30–00:30 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 00:30–03:30 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 03:30–06:30 | 0.1 | 0 | dry |
| 06:30–09:30 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 09:30–12:30 | 0.1 | 0 | dry |
| 12:30–15:30 | 0.1 | 0 | dry |
| 15:30–18:30 | 0.4 | 0.1 | light · rain |
| 18:30–21:30 | 0 | 0 | dry |
Tomorrow · Sunday 18 October
0.8 mm of rain, 3 wet hours, up to 0.2 mm/h.
Every 3 hours as a table
| Hours | Rain (mm) | mm/h | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21:30–00:30 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 00:30–03:30 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 03:30–06:30 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 06:30–09:30 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 09:30–12:30 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 12:30–15:30 | 0 | 0 | dry |
| 15:30–18:30 | 0.6 | 0.2 | light · rain |
| 18:30–21:30 | 0.2 | 0.1 | dry |
Times in local time (Australia/Darwin). Each bar is the rain over 3 hours; striped bars are snow.
Rain map around Darwin
The same NOAA GFS precipitation on the map, moving hour by hour: blue light, darker heavy. Tap for the value.
How much it rains in Darwin, month by month
Darwin gets about 1,655 mm of rain a year. The wettest month is January (379 mm), the driest July (2 mm); a normal October brings 58 mm.
Average monthly rain and snow (water equivalent) 2001–2025, NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis, public domain), on a ~50 km grid: mountains and coasts can differ locally.
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Questions
- Will it rain today in Darwin?
- At 17 October 2026 the forecast said: Dry in Darwin for now; rain expected from about 15:30. Today’s total: 0.8 mm over 3 wet hours. Tomorrow: 0.8 mm of rain. The box at the top of the page loads the latest NOAA GFS forecast every time you open it, with the time the next rain starts.
- How much does it rain in Darwin?
- About 1,655 mm a year on average (2001–2025). January is the wettest month with 379 mm, July the driest with 2 mm.
- What do the rain amounts mean?
- 1 mm is a litre of water per square metre. Under 2.5 mm an hour is light rain (a drizzle to a steady rain), 2.5–7.6 moderate, above 7.6 heavy: you get soaked in minutes and streets can flood.
- How accurate is the forecast?
- It is the global NOAA GFS model on a 0.25° grid every 3 hours: good at telling a rainy day from a dry one, less at placing a single summer thunderstorm. Check the rain map for the showers moving around Darwin.
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How this page works
The rain is the one the rain layer of the map paints: NOAA GFS forecast (public domain), precipitation rate averaged over 3 hours, read at Darwin and summed per local day. Rain or snow comes from the GFS precipitation type. The monthly normals are NASA POWER. No third-party weather service.