Climate averages 1991–2020
Coffs Harbour weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet 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 Coffs Harbour: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gold Coast (257 km away). In August its highs average 20.2°C, 1.2°C warmer than Coffs Harbour, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Coffs Harbour ranks 12th of 32 for the warmest August highs and 14th of 32 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 32 cities is 17.6°C; Coffs Harbour is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 43 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
Coffs Harbour climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 160 | 15.5 | 13.914 h |
| February | 26.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 166 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| March | 24.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 163 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 78 | 12.4 | 11.411 h |
| May | 19.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 74 | 9.1 | 10.611 h |
| June | 17.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 81 | 7.4 | 10.210 h |
| July | 17.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 36 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| August, selected | 19.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 45 | 5.2 | 11.011 h |
| September | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 43 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 88 | 10.5 | 12.813 h |
| November | 24.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 131 | 14.1 | 13.614 h |
| December | 25.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 150 | 15.8 | 14.114 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
- Gold Coast in AugustAustralia · 257 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Logan City in AugustAustralia · 295 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Maitland in AugustAustralia · 309 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Brisbane in AugustAustralia · 315 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in AugustAustralia · 319 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Toowoomba in AugustAustralia · 324 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Central Coast in AugustAustralia · 385 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Caloundra in AugustAustralia · 388 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 43 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 Coffs Harbour) is explained once on the Coffs Harbour year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.