Region · Australia
Where to stay in New South Wales
This guide covers 26 destinations in New South Wales, a first-level administrative division of Australia, with 425 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle. Across its destinations, April, May, September and October are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD).
- Destinations in this guide
- 26
- Places to stay
- 425
- Comfortable in the most places
- April, May, September and October
- Main airport
- SYDSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport
- Currency
- AUDAustralian dollar
- Time zone
- Australia/Sydney
Destinations
Destinations in New South Wales
Every destination in this guide in New South Wales, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | 5,450,496 | 126 | SYD · 9 km |
| Newcastle | 152,984 | 27 | NTL · 16 km |
| Mascot | 21,591 | 27 | SYD · 2 km |
| Dubbo | 38,783 | 25 | DBO · 4 km |
| Maitland | 89,597 | 22 | NTL · 28 km |
| Tamworth | 35,415 | 17 | TMW · 8 km |
| Wagga Wagga | 49,686 | 15 | WGA · 11 km |
| Liverpool | 31,078 | 15 | SYD · 24 km |
| Penrith | 17,966 | 14 | SYD · 50 km |
| North Sydney | 8,964 | 14 | SYD · 13 km |
| Albury | 4,955 | 13 | ABX · 4 km |
| Orange | 41,232 | 12 | BHS · 53 km |
| Parramatta | 30,211 | 12 | SYD · 22 km |
| Bella Vista | 8,384 | 12 | SYD · 31 km |
| Sydney Olympic Park | 4,848 | 10 | SYD · 15 km |
| Wollongong | 261,896 | 9 | SYD · 61 km |
| Chatswood | 25,553 | 9 | SYD · 17 km |
| Nowra | 9,956 | 9 | SYD · 116 km |
| Macquarie Park | 11,071 | 8 | SYD · 19 km |
| Goulburn | 24,565 | 7 | CBR · 78 km |
| Singleton | 14,229 | 6 | NTL · 68 km |
| Woodbine | 2,780 | 5 | SYD · 34 km |
| St Leonards | 7,212 | 4 | SYD · 14 km |
| Griffith | 20,799 | 3 | GFF · 5 km |
| Cronulla | 17,899 | 2 | SYD · 12 km |
| Woolooware | 3,962 | 2 | SYD · 13 km |
Where to stay
Places to stay in New South Wales
59 places to stay in New South Wales from the chains this guide covers; the first 30 by name, each linked to its own website.
Where to stay
More hotels in New South Wales
366 hotels in New South Wales recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit New South Wales
From the climate of 26 destinations in New South Wales with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: April, May, September and October.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 of 26 | 28 °C | 90 mm |
| February | 2 of 26 | 27 °C | 142 mm |
| March | 5 of 26 | 26 °C | 115 mm |
| April | 24 of 26 | 23 °C | 72 mm |
| May | 23 of 26 | 21 °C | 69 mm |
| June | 1 of 26 | 18 °C | 123 mm |
| July | 2 of 26 | 18 °C | 63 mm |
| August | 16 of 26 | 19 °C | 66 mm |
| September | 23 of 26 | 22 °C | 53 mm |
| October | 25 of 26 | 24 °C | 66 mm |
| November | 8 of 26 | 25 °C | 93 mm |
| December | 6 of 26 | 27 °C | 84 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. 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
Airports serving New South Wales
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in New South Wales name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
SYD · Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport
NTL · Newcastle Airport
BHS · Bathurst Airport
ABX · Albury Airport
DBO · Dubbo City Regional Airport
WGA · Wagga Wagga Airport
CBR · Canberra Airport
GFF · Griffith Airport
TMW · Tamworth Airport
NRA · Narrandera Airport
PKE · Parkes Airport
MYA · Moruya Airport
ARM · Armidale Airport
MHU · Mount Hotham Airport
NAA · Narrabri Airport
CNB · Coonamble Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in New South Wales, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Australia
Regional holidays observed in New South Wales
Nearby
Regions near New South Wales
Other regions of Australia with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.