Climate averages 1991–2020
Brisbane weather
in August.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Brisbane: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Logan City (21 km away). In August its highs average 21.0°C, about as warm as Brisbane, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Brisbane ranks 7th of 32 for the warmest August highs and 10th of 32 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 32 cities is 17.6°C; Brisbane is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Brisbane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 122 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 128 | 12.8 | 13.113 h |
| March | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 93 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 43 | 8.4 | 11.511 h |
| May | 22.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 60 | 7.1 | 10.811 h |
| June | 20.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 52 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 28 | 4.1 | 10.611 h |
| August, selected | 21.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 36 | 4.4 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 35 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 72 | 8.2 | 12.713 h |
| November | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 84 | 9.7 | 13.513 h |
| December | 28.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 110 | 11.4 | 13.814 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Logan City in AugustAustralia · 21 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Gold Coast in AugustAustralia · 71 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Caloundra in AugustAustralia · 74 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in AugustAustralia · 90 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Toowoomba in AugustAustralia · 106 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Bundaberg in AugustAustralia · 297 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in AugustAustralia · 315 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Rockhampton in AugustAustralia · 520 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 22 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Brisbane) is explained once on the Brisbane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.