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Melbourne in August

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Melbourne is mild: highs near 60°F, lows near 45°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 1 minute from the first week to the last.August in Melbourne is mild: highs near 16°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 1 minute from the first week to the last.

High
60°F16°Caverage
Low
45°F7°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 41% of days
Daylight
10h 44mon average

Is August a good time to visit Melbourne?

August sits outside Melbourne's best months, which run from December to March. Expect mild days and rain on about three 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 60°F in August, against 58°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 16°C in August, against 14°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

41% of days in August, against 20% to 41% through the year.

Cloud cover

48% cover in August, against 35% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

10h 44m in August, against 9h 35m to 14h 44m 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. July58°14°low 44°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August60°16°low 45°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September64°18°low 47°low 8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Melbourne sits, in August

Australia/Melbourne
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
7:06 AMsets 5:44 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
37.8°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Merricks North61 km south

The land around Melbourne, 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 Melbourne

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