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Canberra in August

Cool and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Canberra is cool: highs near 56°F, lows near 36°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 55 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Canberra is cool: highs near 13°C, lows near 2°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 55 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
56°F13°Caverage
Low
36°F2°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 27% of days
Daylight
10h 51mon average

Is August a good time to visit Canberra?

August sits outside Canberra's best months, which run in two parts: February to April, or December. Expect cool days and rain on about two days a week.

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 56°F in August, against 53°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 13°C in August, against 12°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

27% of days in August, against 18% to 34% through the year.

Cloud cover

40% cover in August, against 37% to 52% through the year.

Daylight

10h 51m in August, against 9h 49m to 14h 30m 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. July53°12°low 35°low 2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. August56°13°low 36°low 2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. September62°17°low 40°low 4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Canberra sits, in August

Australia/Sydney
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:46 AMsets 5:31 PM
Above the sea
550 mlow-lying
Latitude
35.3°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Falls Creek239 km south-west

The land around Canberra, 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 Canberra

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Canberra. 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.