Region · Australia
Where to stay in Victoria
This guide covers 45 destinations in Victoria, a first-level administrative division of Australia, with 410 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Melbourne, Geelong and Ballarat. Across its destinations, October and December to April are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Melbourne Essendon Airport (MEB).
- Destinations in this guide
- 45
- Places to stay
- 410
- Comfortable in the most places
- October and December to April
- Main airport
- MEBMelbourne Essendon Airport
- Currency
- AUDAustralian dollar
- Time zones
- Australia/Sydney, Australia/Melbourne
Destinations
Destinations in Victoria
Every destination in this guide in Victoria, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 5,350,705 | 66 | MEB · 11 km |
| Warrnambool | 29,661 | 24 | PTJ · 88 km |
| Ballarat | 116,201 | 23 | AVV · 76 km |
| Glen Waverley | 42,642 | 18 | MBW · 16 km |
| Mildura | 34,565 | 18 | MQL · 5 km |
| South Yarra | 25,028 | 18 | MEB · 15 km |
| Geelong | 180,239 | 15 | AVV · 16 km |
| Bendigo | 103,034 | 15 | MEL · 114 km |
| Southbank | 22,631 | 13 | MEB · 12 km |
| St Kilda | 19,490 | 13 | MBW · 16 km |
| Docklands | 15,495 | 12 | MEB · 11 km |
| Notting Hill | 2,895 | 12 | MBW · 9 km |
| Echuca | 15,056 | 11 | |
| Portland | 10,450 | 11 | PTJ · 12 km |
| Bairnsdale | 7,905 | 11 | MHU · 91 km |
| East Melbourne | 4,896 | 11 | MEB · 12 km |
| Mont Albert | 4,948 | 10 | MBW · 18 km |
| Shepparton | 32,067 | 9 | ABX · 144 km |
| Melbourne Airport | 64 | 8 | MEL · 2 km |
| Wodonga | 20,259 | 7 | ABX · 9 km |
| South Melbourne | 11,548 | 7 | MEB · 13 km |
| Wangaratta | 19,712 | 6 | ABX · 67 km |
| Sale | 14,296 | 6 | MHU · 119 km |
| Werribee | 50,027 | 5 | AVV · 23 km |
| Frankston | 37,331 | 5 | MBW · 20 km |
| Narre Warren | 27,689 | 5 | MBW · 18 km |
| Collingwood | 9,179 | 5 | MEB · 11 km |
| Dandenong | 30,127 | 4 | MBW · 10 km |
| Brighton | 23,252 | 4 | MBW · 12 km |
| Moonee Ponds | 16,224 | 4 | MEB · 4 km |
| Taylors Lakes | 15,174 | 4 | MEL · 5 km |
| Williamstown | 14,407 | 4 | MEB · 15 km |
| Bundoora | 28,653 | 3 | MEB · 15 km |
| Cheltenham | 23,992 | 3 | MBW · 3 km |
| Ivanhoe | 13,374 | 3 | MEB · 14 km |
| Maribyrnong | 12,216 | 3 | MEB · 5 km |
| Flemington | 7,719 | 3 | MEB · 7 km |
| Pakenham | 54,118 | 2 | MBW · 36 km |
| Preston | 33,790 | 2 | MEB · 10 km |
| Sanctuary | 2 | MEB · 22 km | |
| Melton | 76,346 | 1 | MEL · 22 km |
| Epping | 33,489 | 1 | MEB · 14 km |
| Caroline Springs | 24,488 | 1 | MEL · 12 km |
| Burwood | 15,147 | 1 | MBW · 14 km |
| Heatherton | 2,826 | 1 | MBW · 1 km |
Where to stay
Places to stay in Victoria
64 places to stay in Victoria from the chains this guide covers; the first 30 by name, each linked to its own website.
Where to stay
More hotels in Victoria
346 hotels in Victoria 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 Victoria
From the climate of 45 destinations in Victoria 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: October and December to April.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39 of 45 | 26 °C | 43 mm |
| February | 39 of 45 | 26 °C | 50 mm |
| March | 45 of 45 | 24 °C | 30 mm |
| April | 45 of 45 | 20 °C | 41 mm |
| May | 4 of 45 | 17 °C | 43 mm |
| June | 0 of 45 | 14 °C | 56 mm |
| July | 0 of 45 | 13 °C | 43 mm |
| August | 0 of 45 | 15 °C | 47 mm |
| September | 4 of 45 | 17 °C | 52 mm |
| October | 45 of 45 | 20 °C | 51 mm |
| November | 33 of 45 | 22 °C | 57 mm |
| December | 41 of 45 | 25 °C | 48 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 Victoria
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Victoria 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.
MEB · Melbourne Essendon Airport
MBW · Melbourne Moorabbin Airport
MEL · Melbourne Airport
AVV · Melbourne Avalon International Airport
ABX · Albury Airport
MHU · Mount Hotham Airport
PTJ · Portland Airport
MQL · Mildura Airport
MGB · Mount Gambier Airport
WGA · Wagga Wagga Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Victoria, 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 Victoria
Nearby
Regions near Victoria
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.