Queensland · Australia
Where to stay in Townsville
Townsville is a city in Queensland, Australia, home to about 174,000 people. This guide covers 1 aparthotel in Townsville, with about 72 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- May to September
- Nearest airport
- TSV5 km · Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville
- Currency
- AUDAustralian dollar
- Time zone
- Australia/Brisbane
- Language
- Auslan, Australian English, English
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About Townsville
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of approximately 204,541 as of 2026, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland and Northern Australia (specifically, the parts of Australia north of the Sunshine Coast).
It offers a quiet cosmopolitan feel with its good choice of restaurants & bars but also has a relaxing siesta style during the hottest parts of the day in high summer. Townsville takes great pride in being the unofficial capital of North Queensland. Townsville enjoys a Dry Tropical climate, with dry winters and wet, humid summers. Despite the average summer high and low peaking at 31°C and 25°C, respectively, the humidity can make those average temperatures feel like 35°C and 26.5°C, respectively.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Townsville
See
- 1300 Smiles Stadium
- Castle Hill
- Reef HQ Aquarium
- Museum of Tropical Queensland
- Village Boulevard
- Tony Ireland Stadium
- Riverway Arts Centre
- Ross River
- Big Crystal Creek
- Little Crystal Creek
- Bushland Beach
- Ocean Palms Resort
Do
- The Strand Beach
- Water Playground
- Adrenalin Dive
- Remote Area Dive
- Greatest Dive Sites
- Salt Scuba Diving
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Townsville
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Quest Townsville on Eyre aparthotel | 72 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
When to go
The best time to visit Townsville
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Townsville are May to September. December is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; February is the wettest, with about 278 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 Townsville: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville (TSV), about 5.3 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Getting around
Kinetic operates bus services 7 days a week with 16 bus routes in Townsville plus one on Magnetic Island.
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TSV · Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Townsville
Eat
Townsville has two primary restaurant districts. Palmer Street in the city and Cannon Park in the southwest suburbs. It also hosts a nice collection of grills and cafes along the Strand in addition to a wide selection of restaurants scattered throughout the city and its suburbs. It also hosts the normal selection of fast food restaurant chains including McDonalds, Eagle Boys Pizza, Dominos, Brodies, Hungry Jacks, Red Rooster and Subway.
Drink
In line with Queensland state laws, Townsville observes a lockout time of 3AM. This means that alcohol serving establishments have to refuse entry to patrons from 3AM onwards. Most pubs and bars on the Flinders Street nightclub strip will close between 1AM-2AM on the weekends but the nightclubs will stay open til 5AM-6AM. Patrons in clubs open until these early hours are welcome to stay past 3AM until they leave. When visiting the Flinders Street Nightclub Strip, males are advised to wear long trousers/jeans and closed-in shoes as most venues on this strip disallow entry to those wearing thongs/flip-flops, singlets and shorts.
Stay safe
Box jellyfish and other stingers can be in the ocean during the summer months. Read the warning signs, and don't swim at the beach outside of the stinger enclosures. A sting from the box jellyfish can be fatal. There are two stinger enclosures along the Townsville beaches. Saltwater crocodiles ARE present in Townsville and ALL swimming locations (including the beach) should be approached with extreme caution.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Townsville
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
Questions
Townsville: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Townsville?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Townsville are May to September. December is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; February is the wettest, with about 278 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Townsville?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville (TSV), about 5.3 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Are there accessible hotels in Townsville?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Townsville?
Australian dollar (AUD).
Nearby
Destinations near Townsville
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.