Sydney Weather in August
Average highs run from 19°C on August 1 to 21°C on August 31, and lows from 9°C to 12°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 63 mm over about 7 wet days.
August day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
August at a glance
- Average high
- 19°C
- Average low
- 9°C
- Precipitation
- 63 mm
- Record high
- 32°CAug 30, 2024
- Record low
- 1°CAug 9, 1960
- Daylight
- 10 h 28 min to 11 h 21 min
- Cloud cover
- 44%
- Humidity
- 70%
- Dew point
- 9°C
- Wind
- 15.5 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 19°C | 9°C | 26°C 1970 | 2°C 1977 | 22% |
| Aug 2 | 18°C | 8°C | 25°C 2015 | 3°C 1947 | 21% |
| Aug 3 | 19°C | 8°C | 26°C 2011 | 3°C 1964 | 19% |
| Aug 4 | 19°C | 9°C | 25°C 2011 | 2°C 1947 | 19% |
| Aug 5 | 19°C | 9°C | 25°C 2011 | 3°C 1961 | 18% |
| Aug 6 | 19°C | 9°C | 28°C 1947 | 3°C 1955 | 18% |
| Aug 7 | 19°C | 9°C | 25°C 1973 | 2°C 1974 | 18% |
| Aug 8 | 18°C | 9°C | 26°C 1946 | 2°C 1974 | 18% |
| Aug 9 | 18°C | 8°C | 24°C 1956 | 1°C 1960 | 18% |
| Aug 10 | 19°C | 8°C | 27°C 2016 | 2°C 1941 | 18% |
| Aug 11 | 20°C | 9°C | 27°C 2002 | 3°C 1960 | 20% |
| Aug 12 | 19°C | 9°C | 29°C 1946 | 2°C 1964 | 20% |
| Aug 13 | 19°C | 9°C | 26°C 1958 | 2°C 1964 | 20% |
| Aug 14 | 19°C | 9°C | 26°C 1996 | 2°C 1951 | 20% |
| Aug 15 | 19°C | 9°C | 26°C 2018 | 3°C 1979 | 19% |
| Aug 16 | 19°C | 9°C | 26°C 2009 | 3°C 1977 | 19% |
| Aug 17 | 20°C | 9°C | 27°C 1988 | 3°C 1963 | 20% |
| Aug 18 | 19°C | 9°C | 27°C 1995 | 3°C 1953 | 21% |
| Aug 19 | 19°C | 9°C | 26°C 1942 | 4°C 1953 | 22% |
| Aug 20 | 19°C | 9°C | 27°C 1942 | 3°C 1970 | 23% |
| Aug 21 | 20°C | 9°C | 27°C 2024 | 3°C 1970 | 24% |
| Aug 22 | 19°C | 10°C | 29°C 1954 | 4°C 1959 | 24% |
| Aug 23 | 20°C | 10°C | 30°C 2012 | 1°C 1962 | 25% |
| Aug 24 | 18°C | 10°C | 31°C 1954 | 3°C 1962 | 26% |
| Aug 25 | 19°C | 10°C | 27°C 1972 | 3°C 1947 | 26% |
| Aug 26 | 19°C | 10°C | 31°C 1995 | 3°C 1956 | 26% |
| Aug 27 | 20°C | 10°C | 27°C 2007 | 4°C 1946 | 26% |
| Aug 28 | 19°C | 10°C | 30°C 2024 | 5°C 1954 | 27% |
| Aug 29 | 19°C | 10°C | 27°C 2009 | 5°C 1947 | 28% |
| Aug 30 | 21°C | 11°C | 32°C 2024 | 3°C 1958 | 28% |
| Aug 31 | 21°C | 12°C | 31°C 1995 | 3°C 1958 | 28% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).
- August 1
- sunrise 6:48 AM, sunset 5:16 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:15 AM, sunset 5:36 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00066037, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.