Climate averages 1991–2020
Gold Coast weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Gold Coast: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Logan City (51 km away). In February its highs average 27.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than Gold Coast, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Gold Coast ranks 18th of 32 for the warmest February highs and joint 25th of 32 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 32 cities is 26.7°C; Gold Coast is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 150 mm to 116 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Logan City in FebruaryAustralia · 51 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Brisbane in FebruaryAustralia · 71 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Caloundra in FebruaryAustralia · 137 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 150 mm rain
- Toowoomba in FebruaryAustralia · 153 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in FebruaryAustralia · 153 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 150 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in FebruaryAustralia · 257 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 166 mm rain
- Bundaberg in FebruaryAustralia · 365 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 136 mm rain
- Maitland in FebruaryAustralia · 556 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 81 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.