New South Wales · Australia
Where to stay in Cronulla
Cronulla is a city in New South Wales, Australia, home to about 18,000 people. This guide covers 1 aparthotel in Cronulla, with about 116 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- May and August to October
- Nearest airport
- SYD12 km · Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport
- Currency
- AUDAustralian dollar
- Time zone
- Australia/Sydney
- Language
- Auslan, Australian English, English
About
About Cronulla
Cronulla is the southernmost coastal suburb of Sydney, Australia, & sits at the mouth of the Hacking River. It boasts surf beaches, safe (& unsafe!) swimming spots & reef breaks, which attract both tourists and Greater Sydney residents.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Cronulla
See
- Cronulla Beach
- Eloura Beach and Wanda Beach
- Bass and Flinders Memorial
- Gunnamatta Bay
- Darook Park
- Sandhills
- Cronulla State Park
- Captain Cook's Landing Place
Do
- Surfing
- Swimming
- Walking
- Sunbathing
- Snorkeling
- Scuba diving
- Pro Drive Cronulla
- Movies and Books
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Cronulla
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Quest Cronulla Beach aparthotel | 116 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Cronulla
1 hotel within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cronulla Beach House B&B | 0.9 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Cronulla
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Cronulla are May and August to October. January is the warmest month, with average highs of 28 °C; February is the wettest, with about 155 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Cronulla: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD), about 12 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Getting in
Cronulla is the only Sydney beach on a train line and has a large amount of free parking along the foreshore. This makes it one of the most accessible of Sydney beaches. The line from Bondi Junction to Cronulla via Central Station. Trains arrives every 15 minutes and the trip takes around 55 minutes. If coming from Sydney Airport take the train from the airport to Wolli Creek and change to a Cronulla bound train.
Getting around
Once you are in Cronulla, the shops, North and South Cronulla Beaches, and Gunnamatta Bay are within walking distance of the accommodation spots and the train station. The north end of Cronulla mall aligns with North Cronulla Beach, the centre (Surf Road) aligns with South Cronulla Beach. The far southern end of the mall, past the station, is Gunnamatta Bay. Walking 1km along the beach esplanade northwards will get you to Eloura Beach and a further 1 km will get you to Wanda Beach. Walking southwards along the ocean will get you to Shelly Beach and then Bass and Flinders Point.
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SYD · Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Cronulla
Eat
Cronulla Mall is filled with take-away places, alfresco cafes, and restaurants with just about every kind of food. Good for lunch, coffee or a cheap meal, or an evening meal. North Cronulla Beach has a selection of restaurants just in front of the beach, good for dinner, or breakfast by the waves. South Cronulla Beach has a selection of cafes, fish and chips and ice-cream, great to eat in the park or on the rock wall with your feet in the sand. All the beaches have kiosks open when the beach is busy if you don't want to move your towel.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Cronulla
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Questions
Cronulla: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Cronulla?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Cronulla are May and August to October. January is the warmest month, with average highs of 28 °C; February is the wettest, with about 155 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Cronulla?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD), about 12 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Are there accessible hotels in Cronulla?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Cronulla?
Australian dollar (AUD).
Nearby
Destinations near Cronulla
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.