Your holiday weather, at a glance

Australia in August: where is it warmest?

In August, Darwin is the warmest place with 32 °C by day, Launceston the coolest with 12 °C. 16 of 24 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in August, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sea	Sun	Rain days
Darwin	97	32°	26°	11 h	1
Broome	100	30°	24°	9 h	0
Townsville	100	25°	23°	9 h	2
Airlie Beach (Whitsundays)	87	24°	22°	10 h	3
Alice Springs	100	23°	–	10 h	1
Cairns	82	23°	24°	8 h	5
Mackay	67	22°	21°	7 h	4
Brisbane	97	21°	–	9 h	5
Sunshine Coast	96	21°	21°	9 h	5
Coober Pedy	92	20°	–	7 h	2
Gold Coast (Surfers Paradise)	59	20°	21°	9 h	5
Byron Bay	53	20°	21°	9 h	7
Toowoomba	99	19°	–	9 h	4
Newcastle	89	18°	18°	8 h	7
Sydney	88	17°	18°	8 h	6
Perth	75	17°	19°	7 h	11
Wollongong	82	16°	18°	8 h	7
Adelaide	61	15°	13°	6 h	10
Port Lincoln	22	15°	14°	6 h	9
Geelong	52	14°	13°	5 h	10
Melbourne	51	14°	11°	5 h	11
Hobart	48	13°	12°	6 h	11
Canberra	48	12°	–	6 h	9
Launceston	46	12°	–	6 h	12

Australia in August: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in August are Darwin (32 °C), Broome (30 °C) and Townsville (25 °C).

Australia in August: where is the sea warmest?

The sea is warmest at Darwin (26 °C), Broome (24 °C) and Cairns (24 °C).

Australia in August: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in August – warm, sunny and dry – is in Broome, Townsville and Alice Springs.

Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences