Climate averages 1991–2020
Geelong weather
in August.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a cool month in Geelong: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about 7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 39 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Melbourne (65 km away). In August its highs average 13.9°C, about as warm as Geelong, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Geelong ranks 24th of 32 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 32 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 32 cities is 17.6°C; Geelong is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 49 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
Geelong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 37 | 5.6 | 14.514 h |
| February | 23.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 34 | 4.6 | 13.514 h |
| March | 22.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 26 | 4.6 | 12.412 h |
| April | 19.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 33 | 5.7 | 11.111 h |
| May | 16.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 32 | 7.1 | 10.110 h |
| June | 13.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 39 | 8.6 | 9.610 h |
| July | 13.0°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 37 | 9.1 | 9.810 h |
| August, selected | 13.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 40 | 9.6 | 10.711 h |
| September | 15.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 49 | 10.2 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 50 | 9.0 | 13.013 h |
| November | 19.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 55 | 8.3 | 14.214 h |
| December | 21.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 42 | 6.9 | 14.815 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
- Melbourne in AugustAustralia · 65 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 6.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Ballarat in AugustAustralia · 79 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 4.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Bendigo in AugustAustralia · 155 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Launceston in AugustAustralia · 436 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in AugustAustralia · 518 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Canberra in AugustAustralia · 531 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Hobart in AugustAustralia · 583 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 5.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in AugustAustralia · 620 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 56 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 Geelong) is explained once on the Geelong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.