Climate averages 1991–2020
Townsville weather
in August.
A warm, 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 warm month in Townsville: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cairns (283 km away). In August its highs average 24.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Townsville, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Townsville ranks 2nd of 32 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 32 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 32 cities is 17.6°C; Townsville is 7.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 9.8 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
Townsville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 208 | 16.6 | 13.113 h |
| February | 30.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 219 | 17.7 | 12.713 h |
| March | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 127 | 12.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 49 | 6.9 | 11.712 h |
| May | 26.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 29 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| June | 24.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 20 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| July | 23.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 16 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| August, selected | 25.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 15 | 2.2 | 11.511 h |
| September | 27.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 9.8 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 22 | 5.1 | 12.513 h |
| November | 30.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 47 | 8.0 | 13.013 h |
| December | 30.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 88 | 12.5 | 13.313 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
- Cairns in AugustAustralia · 283 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Mackay in AugustAustralia · 324 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Rockhampton in AugustAustralia · 597 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in AugustAustralia · 1043 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Toowoomba in AugustAustralia · 1061 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Brisbane in AugustAustralia · 1111 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Logan City in AugustAustralia · 1131 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Gold Coast in AugustAustralia · 1182 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 47 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 Townsville) is explained once on the Townsville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.