Climate averages 1991–2020
Sunshine Coast weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd 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 Sunshine Coast: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caloundra (17 km away). In August its highs average 20.6°C, about as warm as Sunshine Coast, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Sunshine Coast ranks 9th of 32 for the warmest August highs and joint 12th of 32 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 32 cities is 17.6°C; Sunshine Coast is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 39 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
Sunshine Coast climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 123 | 14.7 | 13.614 h |
| February | 26.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 150 | 15.4 | 13.013 h |
| March | 25.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 122 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 69 | 12.7 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 77 | 10.2 | 10.811 h |
| June | 19.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 62 | 8.3 | 10.510 h |
| July | 19.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 34 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| August, selected | 20.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 43 | 5.1 | 11.211 h |
| September | 23.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 39 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 80 | 8.8 | 12.713 h |
| November | 25.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 82 | 10.2 | 13.413 h |
| December | 27.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 117 | 12.0 | 13.814 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
- Caloundra in AugustAustralia · 17 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Brisbane in AugustAustralia · 90 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Logan City in AugustAustralia · 109 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Toowoomba in AugustAustralia · 150 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Gold Coast in AugustAustralia · 153 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Bundaberg in AugustAustralia · 212 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in AugustAustralia · 405 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Rockhampton in AugustAustralia · 447 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 22 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 Sunshine Coast) is explained once on the Sunshine Coast year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Caloundra lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.