Sunshine Coast climate

Sunshine Coast Weather in August

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Sunshine Coast, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 20°C on August 1 to 22°C on August 31, and lows from 15°C to 16°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 59 mm over about 6 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Sunshine Coast, in °C, with the record for each date.51015202530151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
21°C
Average low
15°C
Precipitation
59 mm
Reanalysis high
27°CAug 24, 2009
Reanalysis low
9°CAug 12, 2008
Daylight
10 h 53 min to 11 h 32 min
Cloud cover
36%
Humidity
68%
Dew point
11°C
Wind
14.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Aug 120°C15°C24°C 201410°C 199419%
Aug 220°C15°C23°C 199311°C 199418%
Aug 320°C15°C24°C 200211°C 201016%
Aug 420°C15°C23°C 199612°C 199416%
Aug 520°C15°C23°C 201810°C 199315%
Aug 620°C15°C25°C 199111°C 201515%
Aug 720°C15°C24°C 201711°C 199515%
Aug 820°C15°C24°C 201910°C 199515%
Aug 920°C15°C23°C 201910°C 199416%
Aug 1021°C15°C24°C 199311°C 201217%
Aug 1121°C15°C24°C 201711°C 200817%
Aug 1221°C15°C26°C 20179°C 200817%
Aug 1321°C15°C24°C 200310°C 200517%
Aug 1421°C15°C25°C 200311°C 199218%
Aug 1521°C15°C24°C 201711°C 199918%
Aug 1621°C15°C26°C 201711°C 200819%
Aug 1721°C15°C27°C 201711°C 200020%
Aug 1821°C15°C25°C 201712°C 200121%
Aug 1921°C15°C25°C 202011°C 199622%
Aug 2021°C15°C23°C 201610°C 199622%
Aug 2121°C15°C25°C 199111°C 201824%
Aug 2221°C16°C25°C 200912°C 201324%
Aug 2321°C16°C26°C 200912°C 202025%
Aug 2421°C16°C27°C 200912°C 202025%
Aug 2521°C16°C27°C 200911°C 199726%
Aug 2621°C16°C26°C 200911°C 199726%
Aug 2721°C16°C24°C 201512°C 199728%
Aug 2821°C16°C25°C 200913°C 200129%
Aug 2921°C16°C26°C 200913°C 200129%
Aug 3021°C16°C26°C 200913°C 201829%
Aug 3122°C16°C24°C 201313°C 199229%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Sunshine Coast, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).

August 1
sunrise 6:28 AM, sunset 5:21 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:02 AM, sunset 5:34 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.