A Blue Mountains Tour in Summer, November to March

From November to March the top of the Blue Mountains is mild and wet: at Katoomba the average daily top is 20.5 to 23.4 C, and each month brings 110 to 178 mm of rain on about ten days (Bureau of Meteorology). Some days also carry a fire danger rating. Book a tour you can cancel, and look at the forecast before the 24-hour cut-off. Andersons Tours’ Blue Mountains All-Inclusive Scenic World, Wildlife & Cruise is the full day this page books, from US$145 on promotion, usually US$180 (checked November 2026). On 10 November 2026 its booking box showed From US$145, struck through from US$180, a price none of its options cost on the dates we read. The No Lunch & Sydney Zoo option cost US$180.08 a person on every date from 11 November 2026 to 24 March 2027, the All-Inclusive option US$197.40, and the All-Inclusive Large Coach Group option US$183.55 on 30 December, the only date it was on sale.

The calendar is the Andersons Tours - Blue Mountain Tour day, with 4,036 reviews (checked November 2026). Free cancellation runs up to 24 hours before the start, and the tour runs in all weather: inside those 24 hours there is no refund.

Katoomba from November to March, in numbers

The Bureau of Meteorology keeps a long record at Katoomba (Farnells Road), 1,017 m up, close to Echo Point and Scenic World. These are its averages over all the years of data:

Bureau of Meteorology, climate statistics for Katoomba (Farnells Rd), station 063039, checked November 2026.

Two things follow. Mornings up there are cool, with overnight lows of 10 to 13 C, so bring a layer you will take off by lunch. And February and March are the wettest of these five months: a summer booking is a bet on the weather as much as a winter one.

Averages hide the extremes. January 2026 at the same station had an average top of 25.0 C, a hottest day of 35.6 C on the 9th, and 360.9 mm of rain in the month, 221 percent of the January average, with 219.8 mm falling on the 18th alone (Bureau of Meteorology monthly summary for New South Wales, January 2026). The same month gave both a heat day and, on the 18th, a new January record for one day’s rain there.

Fire danger days

The NSW Rural Fire Service sets the fire danger rating and any Total Fire Ban each afternoon for the next day, with a forecast for the days after, and the Blue Mountains council area sits in its Greater Sydney rating region. On an Extreme day its advice is to reconsider travel through bush fire risk areas. On a Catastrophic day it is “For your survival, leave bush fire risk areas” (NSW Rural Fire Service, checked November 2026).

NSW National Parks says Blue Mountains National Park is always open but may have to close at times because of poor weather or fire danger, and its fire safety page tells visitors to check the park alerts page for closed areas and fire bans before they go (NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, checked November 2026). We could not read the alerts list itself, which loads in the browser, so this page prints no closure: look at the park alerts and the RFS rating for your date.

The timing matters for a tour. A rating for tomorrow appears in the afternoon, after the free-cancellation window for a 6:45 AM start has already closed. The RFS forecast for the days ahead is the figure to watch, two days out. The tour’s own terms do not mention fire danger, so on a high-rating day what runs, and where, is the operator’s call.

Rain, fog and what still works

Scenic World calls itself an all-weather attraction: its Railway, Skyway and Cableway run in the rain, though in extremely heavy rain it may close one or more walkways or the Scenic Railway. It opens every day of the year, including Christmas Day, and suggests two to three hours for the three rides (Scenic World, checked November 2026). On this tour that hour at Scenic World is the part of the day the weather spoils least.

The views are what fog takes. The reviews we read for this tour run from late June to early November, and the low ones about weather are winter and spring days: a reviewer on 27 June wrote that “with the fog the trip to the mountains was not worth the money”, and one on 24 October that rain and fog meant the mountains could not be seen. Another, on 23 October, wrote that despite poor weather the guide changed the order of the day to give the group the best chance of seeing everything. None of the reviews we read was written about a summer day, so we cannot tell you how often December or February fog closes in.

So the summer advice is short. Watch the Katoomba forecast, not Sydney’s, from about three days out, and decide before the 24-hour cut-off. If the forecast is for a wet day, Scenic World and the rainforest floor still work; Echo Point may not.

Check the summer dates

Echo Point and the summer crowd

Echo Point, the lookout over the Three Sisters, has no entry fee: the park’s only vehicle fee applies at attractions in the Glenbrook area. NSW National Parks warns that in busy summer, weekend and holiday periods there may be a waiting line to go down the Giant Stairway, the 998 steps from Echo Point to Honeymoon Bridge. The tour’s itinerary gives about 30 minutes at the Three Sisters and does not list the stairway, so that queue is a matter for anyone who stays on in Katoomba.

The day is built to be early. Pickup is at 6:45 AM, and the hour at Scenic World comes first in the mountains, before the Three Sisters, the Megalong and Jamison valleys, and a wildlife park on the way back. A reviewer on 22 October wrote that the guide “was able to beat the crowds and show us places before others arrived”.

One seasonal note from the park: NSW National Parks says the Megalong Valley bottlebrush flowers in November and early December along the Six Foot Track, a walking track that none of the tours on this site lists.

Which summer dates were on sale

We read the tour’s options for one adult on ten dates on 10 November 2026. Prices include taxes and fees; two adults paid exactly twice the one-adult price on the date we checked.

The three options of the Andersons Tours day on GetYourGuide, checked November 2026.

The large coach option matters for anyone choosing this tour for its small groups. The other two options run from three pickup points at 6:45 AM; the Large Coach Group option has two, Park Royal at 150 Day Street, Darling Harbour, and the back entrance of the Four Seasons at 98 Harrington Street, The Rocks. On 30 December it was the only way onto this tour. Small group or coach goes into group sizes across the tours.

On the No Lunch option the wildlife stop is Sydney Zoo. Only the All-Inclusive option lets you choose Featherdale Wildlife Park instead, and the request has to reach the operator at least 24 hours ahead; the wildlife park page covers the two parks.

Two other ways to do a summer day

Prices, ratings and review counts from the GetYourGuide listings (checked November 2026). The From of the FeelGood! late start is its option that starts in the Blue Mountains; from Sydney it cost US$148.92 on 26 November 2026. Operators price by date, so treat the figures as the shape of the market, not a quote.

Sunset tours compares the afternoon departures, which suit hot days better than an early coach.