Climate averages 1991–2020
Darwin weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Darwin: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dili (721 km away). In August its highs average 30.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Darwin, with 6.7 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Darwin ranks 1st of 32 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 32 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 32 cities is 17.6°C; Darwin is 13.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.7 mm to 16 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
Darwin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 438 | 27.7 | 12.813 h |
| February | 30.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 379 | 25.8 | 12.513 h |
| March | 30.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 300 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 31.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 100 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| May | 31.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 14 | 2.4 | 11.512 h |
| June | 30.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.411 h |
| July | 30.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| August, selected | 31.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| September | 33.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 16 | 3.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 33.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 76 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| November | 33.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 180 | 20.7 | 12.713 h |
| December | 31.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 323 | 24.9 | 12.813 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
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 Darwin) is explained once on the Darwin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.