Banana in season in Australia
Banana is in season in Australia from all year, and at its peak from null. Grown in far north Queensland all year. This is the cooler south; the tropical north has its own calendar.
At its best
On sale all year. Queensland grows 94 per cent of Australia's bananas, almost all of it in the north, around Tully, Innisfail, the Atherton Tablelands and Lakeland. Smaller amounts come from New South Wales and Western Australia.
At the shop
Buy for when you will eat them. Ripe fruit starts to mottle, and Lady Fingers taste best fully ripe, with skin completely yellow and flecked with black.
Keeping it
Keep them in a bowl on the bench, away from fruit you do not want to ripen quickly. Bananas are tropical and the cold harms them, so leave them out of the fridge. Peel and freeze any overripe ones you will not eat soon.
Three dinners
- Banana pancakes with bacon Mash a banana into the batter and serve with crisp bacon.
- Chicken curry with banana Stir sliced just-ripe banana through a mild curry at the end, served with rice.
- Sticky pork with fried banana Pan-fry firm bananas in butter and serve beside the pork and rice.
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.