Melbourne climate

Melbourne Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 13°C on August 1 to 15°C on August 31, and lows from 7°C to 7°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 71 mm over about 16 wet days.

August day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Melbourne, in °C, with the record for each date.0510152025151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
14°C
Average low
7°C
Precipitation
71 mm
Reanalysis high
20°CAug 27, 2007
Reanalysis low
1°CAug 20, 2003
Daylight
10 h 12 min to 11 h 14 min
Cloud cover
66%
Humidity
82%
Dew point
7°C
Wind
18.4 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 113°C7°C17°C 20113°C 200452%
Aug 213°C7°C17°C 20114°C 199152%
Aug 313°C7°C18°C 20113°C 201452%
Aug 413°C7°C19°C 20113°C 199252%
Aug 513°C7°C17°C 20002°C 199752%
Aug 613°C7°C16°C 20003°C 199353%
Aug 713°C7°C15°C 20004°C 201252%
Aug 813°C7°C17°C 20004°C 200952%
Aug 913°C7°C16°C 19934°C 200951%
Aug 1013°C7°C17°C 20015°C 200852%
Aug 1113°C7°C16°C 20023°C 199552%
Aug 1213°C7°C16°C 20013°C 199552%
Aug 1313°C7°C17°C 20064°C 199551%
Aug 1413°C7°C19°C 20174°C 199550%
Aug 1513°C7°C18°C 20174°C 200750%
Aug 1613°C7°C17°C 20114°C 200448%
Aug 1713°C7°C17°C 19954°C 200447%
Aug 1813°C7°C18°C 20164°C 199147%
Aug 1914°C7°C17°C 19954°C 199146%
Aug 2014°C7°C18°C 19951°C 200345%
Aug 2114°C7°C18°C 20114°C 200343%
Aug 2214°C7°C17°C 20145°C 200942%
Aug 2314°C7°C17°C 19935°C 201942%
Aug 2414°C7°C17°C 19934°C 199243%
Aug 2514°C7°C18°C 20074°C 200842%
Aug 2614°C7°C19°C 20074°C 200241%
Aug 2714°C7°C20°C 20074°C 199242%
Aug 2814°C7°C19°C 20134°C 201843%
Aug 2915°C7°C19°C 19994°C 199242%
Aug 3015°C7°C19°C 20064°C 201942%
Aug 3115°C7°C20°C 19994°C 201942%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Melbourne, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

August 1
sunrise 7:21 AM, sunset 5:33 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:44 AM, sunset 5:58 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.