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Brisbane in August

Warm and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Brisbane is warm: highs near 74°F, lows near 51°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 40 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Brisbane is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 40 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
74°F23°Caverage
Low
51°F11°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 16% of days
Daylight
11h 11mon average

Is August a good time to visit Brisbane?

Yes. August is one of Brisbane's best months (June to September).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 74°F in August, against 71°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in August, against 22°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

16% of days in August, against 16% to 48% through the year.

Cloud cover

18% cover in August, against 18% to 40% through the year.

Daylight

11h 11m in August, against 10h 26m to 13h 51m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July71°22°low 51°low 11°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. August74°23°low 51°low 11°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. September78°26°low 57°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Brisbane sits, in August

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:19 AMsets 5:26 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
27.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Gold Coast70 km south-east

The land around Brisbane, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Australia in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Brisbane

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Brisbane. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.