Climate averages 1991–2020
Mackay weather
in August.
A mild, fairly dry 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 Mackay: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rockhampton (283 km away). In August its highs average 23.6°C, 1.8°C warmer than Mackay, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Mackay ranks 6th of 32 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 32 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 32 cities is 17.6°C; Mackay is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 16 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
Mackay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 212 | 15.9 | 13.313 h |
| February | 28.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 225 | 17.4 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 171 | 15.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 89 | 13.0 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 54 | 10.6 | 11.111 h |
| June | 21.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 43 | 7.8 | 10.911 h |
| July | 21.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 32 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| August, selected | 21.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.411 h |
| September | 23.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 16 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 34 | 5.9 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 64 | 8.3 | 13.113 h |
| December | 28.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 117 | 11.6 | 13.413 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
- Rockhampton in AugustAustralia · 283 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Townsville in AugustAustralia · 324 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Bundaberg in AugustAustralia · 526 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Cairns in AugustAustralia · 591 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in AugustAustralia · 730 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Caloundra in AugustAustralia · 746 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Toowoomba in AugustAustralia · 766 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Sydney in AugustAustralia · 1428 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 Mackay) is explained once on the Mackay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.