Climate averages 1991–2020
Gold Coast weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd 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 Gold Coast: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Logan City (51 km away). In August its highs average 21.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Gold Coast, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Gold Coast ranks 11th of 32 for the warmest August highs and 16th of 32 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 32 cities is 17.6°C; Gold Coast is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 40 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
Gold Coast climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 130 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| February | 26.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 150 | 13.7 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 116 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 73 | 12.2 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 97 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| June | 19.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 94 | 9.5 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 48 | 6.3 | 10.511 h |
| August, selected | 20.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 47 | 5.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 22.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 40 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 75 | 8.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 82 | 9.2 | 13.513 h |
| December | 26.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 109 | 11.1 | 13.914 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 · 51 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Brisbane in AugustAustralia · 71 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Caloundra in AugustAustralia · 137 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Toowoomba in AugustAustralia · 153 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in AugustAustralia · 153 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in AugustAustralia · 257 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Bundaberg in AugustAustralia · 365 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Maitland in AugustAustralia · 556 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 31 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 Gold Coast) is explained once on the Gold Coast year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.