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Gold Coast in August

Warm and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Gold Coast is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 57°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 41 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Gold Coast is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 41 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
57°F14°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 19% of days
Daylight
11h 10mon average

Is August a good time to visit Gold Coast?

Yes. August is one of Gold Coast'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 72°F in August, against 69°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in August, against 21°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

19% of days in August, against 19% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

19% cover in August, against 19% to 39% through the year.

Daylight

11h 10m in August, against 10h 24m to 13h 53m 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. July69°21°low 56°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. August72°22°low 57°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. September75°24°low 60°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Gold Coast sits, in August

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:18 AMsets 5:24 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
28.0°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Brisbane70 km north-west

The land around Gold Coast, 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 Gold Coast

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