Best time to fly Melbourne to Darwin

Every month pooled across the years on record, so "July" means July generally rather than one particular July. Full MEL to DRW record →

Best month

April

85.2% on time · 272 flights

Worst month

November

54% on time · 143 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 234 63.8% 0.85% 0 min
February 174 64.2% 0.57% 0 min
March 196 71.4% 0% 0 min
April 272 85.2% 0.37% 0 min
May 273 79.9% 0% 0 min
June 282 74.7% 0.35% 0 min
July 318 69.9% 0.63% 0 min
August 193 76.7% 0% 0 min
September 179 72.6% 0% 0 min
October 170 80.6% 0% 0 min
November 143 54% 4.2% 0 min
December 168 73.1% 0.6% 0 min

What a seasonal pattern can and cannot tell you

Months differ for reasons that repeat — summer thunderstorms in the American interior, winter fog and de-icing in northern Europe, school holidays filling every seat and leaving no slack in the schedule. Those are real and they come back each year.

What the pattern cannot do is forecast a particular flight. A quiet month has late days and a bad month has punctual ones. Treat this as a way to choose between two dates you are indifferent about, not as a promise.