Climate averages 1991–2020
Gold Coast weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Gold Coast: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Logan City (51 km away). In September its highs average 23.6°C, 1.4°C warmer than Gold Coast, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Gold Coast ranks 11th of 32 for the warmest September highs and 13th of 32 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 32 cities is 20.0°C; Gold Coast is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 20.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 47 | 5.6 | 11.111 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Logan City in SeptemberAustralia · 51 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Brisbane in SeptemberAustralia · 71 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Caloundra in SeptemberAustralia · 137 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Toowoomba in SeptemberAustralia · 153 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in SeptemberAustralia · 153 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in SeptemberAustralia · 257 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Bundaberg in SeptemberAustralia · 365 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Maitland in SeptemberAustralia · 556 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 37 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.