Adelaide weather in August

In August, Adelaide sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 58 mm of rain across 10.7 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of August to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Adelaide's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Adelaide's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 58 mm; 10.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 7:59 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 8th clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 3.23 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Adelaide is capital city of South Australia.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 6.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 1,134/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1836

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month.

A typical August day in Adelaide reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	9
2	13	9
3	13	9
4	13	9
5	13	9
6	13	9
7	13	9
8	13	9
9	13	9
10	13	9
11	13	9
12	14	9
13	14	9
14	14	9
15	14	9
16	14	9
17	14	9
18	14	9
19	14	9
20	14	9
21	14	9
22	14	9
23	14	9
24	14	9
25	14	10
26	14	10
27	14	10
28	15	10
29	15	10
30	15	10
31	15	10

Adelaide weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 17°	19	3.2	14.1	8.5
Feb	24° / 17°	18	2.6	13.3	8.6
Mar	22° / 16°	19	3.5	12.3	8.1
Apr	20° / 14°	36	5.6	11.1	7.0
May	17° / 12°	52	8.6	10.2	5.5
Jun	14° / 10°	61	9.8	9.7	4.2
Jul	13° / 9°	64	10.3	9.9	3.8
Aug	14° / 9°	58	10.7	10.7	4.0
Sep	16° / 10°	53	9.6	11.8	5.0
Oct	18° / 12°	35	6.4	12.9	6.5
Nov	21° / 13°	30	5.3	13.8	7.2
Dec	23° / 15°	25	4.6	14.3	7.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	54	55	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	56	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	55
Cloudier (%)	46	45	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	44	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	55	45

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Adelaide gets around 58 mm of rain over 10.7 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 35% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	35	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	33	33	33	33	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	36
3	36
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	36
16	36
17	35
18	35
19	34
20	33
21	33
22	33
23	33
24	32
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	34

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 18 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	18	light breeze
2	18	light breeze
3	19	light breeze
4	19	light breeze
5	19	light breeze
6	19	light breeze
7	19	light breeze
8	19	light breeze
9	19	light breeze
10	19	light breeze
11	19	light breeze
12	19	light breeze
13	19	light breeze
14	19	light breeze
15	19	light breeze
16	19	light breeze
17	19	light breeze
18	18	light breeze
19	18	light breeze
20	18	light breeze
21	18	light breeze
22	18	light breeze
23	18	light breeze
24	18	light breeze
25	18	light breeze
26	18	light breeze
27	18	light breeze
28	18	light breeze
29	18	light breeze
30	18	light breeze
31	18	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of August to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:15 AM to 7:40 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:51 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	8:15	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:10	8:09	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:05	8:04	8:03	8:02	8:01	7:59	7:58	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:53	7:52	7:51	7:49	7:48	7:47	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:41	7:40
Sunset (PM)	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	8:15	6:28
2	10.3	8:14	6:29
3	10.3	8:13	6:30
4	10.3	8:12	6:31
5	10.3	8:11	6:32
6	10.4	8:10	6:32
7	10.4	8:09	6:33
8	10.4	8:08	6:34
9	10.5	8:07	6:35
10	10.5	8:06	6:35
11	10.5	8:05	6:36
12	10.5	8:04	6:37
13	10.6	8:03	6:38
14	10.6	8:02	6:38
15	10.6	8:01	6:39
16	10.7	7:59	6:40
17	10.7	7:58	6:41
18	10.7	7:57	6:42
19	10.8	7:56	6:42
20	10.8	7:55	6:43
21	10.8	7:53	6:44
22	10.9	7:52	6:45
23	10.9	7:51	6:45
24	10.9	7:49	6:46
25	11.0	7:48	6:47
26	11.0	7:47	6:48
27	11.1	7:45	6:48
28	11.1	7:44	6:49
29	11.1	7:43	6:50
30	11.2	7:41	6:51
31	11.2	7:40	6:51

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.2 kWh/m² to a high of 7.83 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 3.23 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.7	Moderate
2	2.7	Moderate
3	2.8	Moderate
4	2.8	Moderate
5	2.8	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	2.9	Moderate
8	2.9	Moderate
9	2.9	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.1	Moderate
14	3.1	Moderate
15	3.1	Moderate
16	3.2	Moderate
17	3.2	Moderate
18	3.3	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.4	Moderate
21	3.4	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.6	Moderate
26	3.6	Moderate
27	3.7	Moderate
28	3.7	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.8	Moderate
31	3.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Adelaide

In seasonPeak

None of Adelaide's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Adelaide sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Cyclone

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Adelaide?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.0

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Adelaide for sightseeing.

What to pack for Adelaide in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Adelaide sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Adelaide in August

The nearest coast averages about 13°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 21 km away) is warmest in February at about 22°C and coldest in August near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Dec 22 to Apr 3 — about 3.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	21	22	21	19	17	15	14	13	14	16	18	20
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	21	Refreshing
Feb	22	Refreshing
Mar	21	Refreshing
Apr	19	Cool
May	17	Cool
Jun	15	Cool
Jul	14	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	14	Bracing
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	20	Cool

UV index in Adelaide in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Adelaide peaks around January 1 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	11	9	5	3	3	3	4	6	8	10	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Adelaide?

Adelaide sits at 34.9°S, 138.6°E, 59 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Adelaide city centre, 0.0 km away.

Topography around Adelaide

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Adelaide.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Adelaide has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 39 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 714 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 700 m.

The land around Adelaide is covered by artificial surfaces (66%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (39%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and water (36%), grassland (27%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

58 m

artificial surfaces 66%

16 km

714 m

artificial surfaces 39%

80 km

700 m

water 36%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves

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August weather nearby: Adelaide city centre 0.0 km · Adelaide Hills 10 km · Parafield Gardens 16 km · Paralowie 19 km · Morphett Vale 24 km · Mount Barker 29 km · Gawler 39 km · Whyalla 231 km

Australia travel facts

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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Adelaide (-34.9287°, 138.5986°, elevation 59 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	9
2	13	9
3	13	9
4	13	9
5	13	9
6	13	9
7	13	9
8	13	9
9	13	9
10	13	9
11	13	9
12	14	9
13	14	9
14	14	9
15	14	9
16	14	9
17	14	9
18	14	9
19	14	9
20	14	9
21	14	9
22	14	9
23	14	9
24	14	9
25	14	10
26	14	10
27	14	10
28	15	10
29	15	10
30	15	10
31	15	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	36
3	36
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	36
16	36
17	35
18	35
19	34
20	33
21	33
22	33
23	33
24	32
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	34

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	9
2	13	9
3	13	9
4	13	9
5	13	9
6	13	9
7	13	9
8	13	9
9	13	9
10	13	9
11	13	9
12	14	9
13	14	9
14	14	9
15	14	9
16	14	9
17	14	9
18	14	9
19	14	9
20	14	9
21	14	9
22	14	9
23	14	9
24	14	9
25	14	10
26	14	10
27	14	10
28	15	10
29	15	10
30	15	10
31	15	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	36
3	36
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	36
16	36
17	35
18	35
19	34
20	33
21	33
22	33
23	33
24	32
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	34

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	9
2	13	9
3	13	9
4	13	9
5	13	9
6	13	9
7	13	9
8	13	9
9	13	9
10	13	9
11	13	9
12	14	9
13	14	9
14	14	9
15	14	9
16	14	9
17	14	9
18	14	9
19	14	9
20	14	9
21	14	9
22	14	9
23	14	9
24	14	9
25	14	10
26	14	10
27	14	10
28	15	10
29	15	10
30	15	10
31	15	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	36
3	36
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	36
16	36
17	35
18	35
19	34
20	33
21	33
22	33
23	33
24	32
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	34

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100