In season
A seasonal calendar made your way
Tick the fruit and vegetables you actually buy, choose your hemisphere, and each month fills with what is at its best. Print it as one A4 page for the fridge. Your choices stay on this device.
a quiet counter · AustraliaThe northern hemisphere
What to buy, month by month
The fruit and vegetables at their very best. Pin it to the fridge.
FruitVegetables and herbsEach month lists what is at its peak, most familiar first.
aquietcounter.com/in-season/ · Southern hemisphereNorthern hemisphere, reviewed October 2026
In the shops all year, so not in the boxes: ginger, mushrooms, banana, rosemary, sage and thyme.
Months run December to November so each row is one season. Seasons shift a few weeks with the weather and the region, and the tropical north of Australia has its own calendar.
Choose a month name for everything in season in Australia that month, or an item for its guide. Choose an item for its guide: how to choose it, keep it and cook it, with its northern months. Download the data as a spreadsheet (CSV)
How we decide. Each item carries a score from 0 to 20 for every month of the year. We call 16 or more “at its peak” and 8 to 15 “around”. The scores were checked against Australian growers’ bodies, state government pages and the Sydney and Melbourne markets, and last reviewed on 9 October 2026. Seasons shift a few weeks with the weather and the state, so treat the edges as guides. Spotted something wrong? Tell us at [email protected].
General information only. These guides are not advice about how you should prepare, store or eat any food. Please follow the packaging and the official food-safety guidance from Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) and your state or territory food authority.