Climate averages 1991–2020
Canberra weather
in August.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a cool month in Canberra: daytime highs average 11.4°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tuggeranong (16 km away). In August its highs average 11.4°C, about as warm as Canberra, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Canberra ranks joint 30th of 32 for the warmest August highs and joint 17th of 32 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 32 cities is 17.6°C; Canberra is 6.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 51 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
Canberra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 48 | 6.5 | 14.214 h |
| February | 25.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 52 | 6.0 | 13.413 h |
| March | 22.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 38 | 5.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.5°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 27 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| May | 14.3°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 28 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| June | 10.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 52 | 6.9 | 9.810 h |
| July | 10.0°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 37 | 6.7 | 10.010 h |
| August, selected | 11.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 49 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| September | 14.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 51 | 7.3 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 56 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 58 | 8.3 | 13.914 h |
| December | 24.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 55 | 6.9 | 14.514 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
- Tuggeranong in AugustAustralia · 16 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Wollongong in AugustAustralia · 187 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in AugustAustralia · 206 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Sydney in AugustAustralia · 247 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Central Coast in AugustAustralia · 291 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in AugustAustralia · 358 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Maitland in AugustAustralia · 361 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Bendigo in AugustAustralia · 466 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.2°C · 50 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 Canberra) is explained once on the Canberra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.