Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuggeranong weather
in August.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a cool month in Tuggeranong: daytime highs average 11.4°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Canberra (16 km away). In August its highs average 11.4°C, about as warm as Tuggeranong, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Tuggeranong ranks joint 30th of 32 for the warmest August highs and 24th of 32 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 32 cities is 17.6°C; Tuggeranong is 6.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 67 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
Tuggeranong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 72 | 9.8 | 14.214 h |
| February | 25.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 78 | 9.5 | 13.413 h |
| March | 22.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 55 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.5°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 34 | 5.1 | 11.211 h |
| May | 14.2°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 34 | 5.0 | 10.310 h |
| June | 10.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 58 | 7.2 | 9.810 h |
| July | 10.0°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 44 | 7.6 | 10.010 h |
| August, selected | 11.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 57 | 8.4 | 10.811 h |
| September | 14.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 67 | 8.8 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.6°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 75 | 9.4 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 84 | 10.4 | 14.014 h |
| December | 24.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 81 | 9.6 | 14.514 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
- Canberra in AugustAustralia · 16 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Wollongong in AugustAustralia · 200 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in AugustAustralia · 222 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Sydney in AugustAustralia · 261 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Central Coast in AugustAustralia · 306 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in AugustAustralia · 372 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Maitland in AugustAustralia · 376 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Melbourne in AugustAustralia · 453 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 6.8°C · 51 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 Tuggeranong) is explained once on the Tuggeranong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.