Region · Australia
Where to stay in Queensland
This guide covers 21 destinations in Queensland, a first-level administrative division of Australia, with 497 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Brisbane, Gold Coast and Ipswich. Across its destinations, July to September are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Brisbane International Airport (BNE).
- Destinations in this guide
- 21
- Places to stay
- 497
- Comfortable in the most places
- July to September
- Main airport
- BNEBrisbane International Airport
- Currency
- AUDAustralian dollar
- Time zone
- Australia/Brisbane
Destinations
Destinations in Queensland
Every destination in this guide in Queensland, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairns | 146,778 | 67 | CNS · 6 km |
| Brisbane | 2,706,966 | 54 | BNE · 13 km |
| Gold Coast | 607,665 | 54 | OOL · 20 km |
| Townsville | 173,724 | 44 | TSV · 5 km |
| Southport | 36,786 | 32 | OOL · 25 km |
| Spring Hill | 6,593 | 31 | BNE · 12 km |
| Toowoomba | 108,398 | 29 | WTB · 16 km |
| Mackay | 80,455 | 27 | MKY · 3 km |
| Robina | 25,659 | 24 | OOL · 16 km |
| Hervey Bay | 57,722 | 20 | HVB · 4 km |
| Woolloongabba | 5,631 | 20 | BNE · 14 km |
| Rockhampton | 63,151 | 19 | ROK · 4 km |
| Bundaberg | 70,540 | 16 | BDB · 7 km |
| Chermside | 11,426 | 14 | BNE · 10 km |
| Eight Mile Plains | 15,326 | 12 | BNE · 22 km |
| Ascot | 5,777 | 12 | BNE · 8 km |
| Ipswich | 232,930 | 8 | BNE · 43 km |
| Cannon Hill | 6,701 | 7 | BNE · 10 km |
| Springfield | 7,322 | 3 | BNE · 37 km |
| Kelvin Grove | 7,909 | 2 | BNE · 12 km |
| Albion | 3,446 | 2 | BNE · 9 km |
Where to stay
Places to stay in Queensland
27 places to stay in Queensland from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
Where to stay
More hotels in Queensland
470 hotels in Queensland 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.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Versace Palace | Southport | 2000 |
| Holiday Inn, Townsville | Townsville | 1976 |
| The Reef Hotel Casino | Cairns | 1996 |
| The Star Gold Coast | Gold Coast | 1985 |
| Treasury Casino | Brisbane | 1995 |
| Bellevue Hotel, Brisbane | Brisbane | |
| City View Hotel | Ipswich | |
| Coronation Hotel | Brisbane | |
| Grand View Hotel | Cannon Hill | |
| Hotel Metropole, West Ipswich | Ipswich | |
| Mantra Towers of Chevron | Gold Coast | 1999 |
| Royal Bull's Head Inn | Toowoomba | |
| Royal George Hotel and Ruddle's Building | Spring Hill | |
| Shell House, Brisbane | Brisbane | |
| Treasury Hotel | Brisbane | |
| Ulster Hotel | Ipswich | |
| Waterloo Bay Hotel | Cannon Hill | |
| White Horse Hotel | Toowoomba | |
| Buchanan's Hotel | Townsville | |
| Hilton Cairns | Cairns | 1987 |
| Hotel Cecil | Southport | |
| The Ville Resort-Casino | Townsville | |
| 19th Avenue on the Beach | Robina | |
| 201 Lake Street | Cairns | |
| 99 Kirkland Bed & Breakfast | Woolloongabba | |
| Acacia Motor Inn | Bundaberg | |
| Aegean Apartments | Gold Coast | |
| Airolodge International | Ascot | |
| Airport Ascot Motel | Ascot | |
| Alamanda Palm Cove by Lancemore | Cairns |
When to go
Best time to visit Queensland
From the climate of 21 destinations in Queensland 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: July to September.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 21 | 30 °C | 154 mm |
| February | 0 of 21 | 29 °C | 173 mm |
| March | 1 of 21 | 28 °C | 132 mm |
| April | 16 of 21 | 26 °C | 74 mm |
| May | 8 of 21 | 23 °C | 89 mm |
| June | 9 of 21 | 21 °C | 93 mm |
| July | 21 of 21 | 21 °C | 50 mm |
| August | 21 of 21 | 22 °C | 40 mm |
| September | 21 of 21 | 24 °C | 36 mm |
| October | 16 of 21 | 26 °C | 77 mm |
| November | 0 of 21 | 28 °C | 95 mm |
| December | 0 of 21 | 29 °C | 126 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 Queensland
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Queensland 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.
BNE · Brisbane International Airport
OOL · Gold Coast Airport
WTB · Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport
HVB · Hervey Bay Airport
BDB · Bundaberg Airport
MKY · Mackay Airport
ROK · Rockhampton Airport
TSV · Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville
CNS · Cairns International Airport
MCY · Sunshine Coast Airport
LSY · Lismore Airport
OKY · Oakey Army Aviation Centre
HTI · Hamilton Island Airport
GLT · Gladstone Airport
PPP · Proserpine Whitsunday Coast Airport
THG · Thangool Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Queensland, 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 Queensland
Nearby
Regions near Queensland
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.