Climate averages 1991–2020
Launceston weather
in August.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a cool month in Launceston: daytime highs average 12.2°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hobart (161 km away). In August its highs average 12.3°C, about as warm as Launceston, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Launceston ranks 28th of 32 for the warmest August highs and 29th of 32 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 32 cities is 17.6°C; Launceston is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 76 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
Launceston climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 54 | 6.5 | 14.815 h |
| February | 22.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 46 | 6.5 | 13.714 h |
| March | 20.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 49 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| April | 17.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 53 | 7.3 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 60 | 8.3 | 9.810 h |
| June | 11.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 61 | 9.1 | 9.29 h |
| July | 11.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 74 | 10.3 | 9.59 h |
| August, selected | 12.2°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 81 | 11.1 | 10.510 h |
| September | 14.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 76 | 11.4 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 63 | 9.9 | 13.213 h |
| November | 18.8°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 61 | 9.5 | 14.414 h |
| December | 21.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 57 | 8.1 | 15.115 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
- Hobart in AugustAustralia · 161 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 5.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Geelong in AugustAustralia · 436 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Melbourne in AugustAustralia · 444 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 6.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Ballarat in AugustAustralia · 515 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 4.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Bendigo in AugustAustralia · 576 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in AugustAustralia · 690 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Canberra in AugustAustralia · 706 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Sydney in AugustAustralia · 915 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.4°C · 53 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 Launceston) is explained once on the Launceston year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.