Alice Springs weather in August

In August, Alice Springs sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 87% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Alice Springs's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alice Springs's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 4 mm; 0.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 7:03 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover: 13%; 1st clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.2; out of 10

Alice Springs is city in the Northern Territory, Australia.

Density: 174/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1872

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical August day in Alice Springs reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C warmer than July and about 5°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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	26
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10

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

How August really feels in Alice Springs

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Alice Springs weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	36° / 23°	41	4.1	13.3	2.4
Feb	35° / 22°	40	4.2	12.8	3.0
Mar	33° / 19°	19	2.2	12.2	4.6
Apr	29° / 14°	15	1.4	11.5	7.3
May	23° / 9°	17	1.9	10.9	8.7
Jun	20° / 6°	9	1.5	10.6	8.1
Jul	20° / 5°	8	1.1	10.7	8.5
Aug	23° / 7°	4	0.9	11.2	9.2
Sep	28° / 12°	7	1.4	11.9	7.8
Oct	31° / 16°	16	2.5	12.6	5.6
Nov	34° / 19°	20	3.9	13.1	3.8
Dec	35° / 22°	38	4.8	13.4	2.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 87% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 8%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	92	92	92	92	90	90	90	90	89	89	88	88	89	89	89
Cloudier (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Alice Springs gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.9 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 4% 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 (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:14 AM to 6:50 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:19 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)	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50
Sunset (PM)	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	7:14	6:07
2	10.9	7:13	6:08
3	10.9	7:13	6:08
4	10.9	7:12	6:09
5	11.0	7:11	6:09
6	11.0	7:11	6:09
7	11.0	7:10	6:10
8	11.0	7:09	6:10
9	11.0	7:09	6:11
10	11.1	7:08	6:11
11	11.1	7:07	6:12
12	11.1	7:07	6:12
13	11.1	7:06	6:12
14	11.1	7:05	6:13
15	11.2	7:04	6:13
16	11.2	7:03	6:14
17	11.2	7:03	6:14
18	11.2	7:02	6:14
19	11.2	7:01	6:15
20	11.3	7:00	6:15
21	11.3	6:59	6:16
22	11.3	6:58	6:16
23	11.3	6:57	6:16
24	11.3	6:56	6:17
25	11.4	6:56	6:17
26	11.4	6:55	6:18
27	11.4	6:54	6:18
28	11.4	6:53	6:18
29	11.4	6:52	6:19
30	11.5	6:51	6:19
31	11.5	6:50	6:19

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.93 kWh/m² to a high of 7.7 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 5.18 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)	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Alice Springs?

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

9.2

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Alice Springs for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Alice Springs in August

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

In August, Alice Springs sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: light clothes, a warm layer and sun protection.

light clothesa warm layersun protection

UV index in Alice Springs in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alice Springs peaks around January 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	14	13	10	7	6	6	8	10	13	14	15
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	10	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	15	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Alice Springs?

Alice Springs sits at 23.7°S, 133.9°E, 583 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Uluru, 339 km away.

Topography around Alice Springs

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alice Springs has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 591 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 406 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 819 m.

The land around Alice Springs is covered by grassland (36%), artificial surfaces (31%) and shrubs (26%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and shrubs (45%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and shrubs (46%) within 80 km.

3 km

83 m

grassland 36%

16 km

406 m

grassland 51%

80 km

819 m

grassland 50%

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← July Alice Springs year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Uluru 339 km · Mount Isa 666 km · Whyalla 1,098 km · Broken Hill 1,182 km · Palmerston 1,284 km · Darwin 1,290 km · Gawler 1,301 km · Paralowie 1,312 km

Australia travel facts

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Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
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Income group: High; World Bank
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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Alice Springs (-23.6975°, 133.8836°, elevation 583 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. 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	22	6
2	22	6
3	22	6
4	22	6
5	22	6
6	22	6
7	22	6
8	22	6
9	22	6
10	22	6
11	22	6
12	22	7
13	23	7
14	23	7
15	23	7
16	23	7
17	23	7
18	23	7
19	23	7
20	23	8
21	24	8
22	24	8
23	24	8
24	24	8
25	24	9
26	25	9
27	25	9
28	25	9
29	25	9
30	25	10
31	26	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1