Armidale weather in August

In August, Armidale sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 31 mm of precipitation across 4.7 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of August to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Armidale's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Armidale's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 31 mm; 4.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 7:31 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover: 34%; 1st clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.22 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

Armidale is city in New South Wales, Australia.

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 17.2 µg/m³ · 2019

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 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical August day in Armidale reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 3°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	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16
Avg low (°C)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How August really feels in Armidale

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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

The story in August is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Armidale weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 14°	96	10.6	13.7	6.9
Feb	25° / 14°	80	9.1	13.1	7.0
Mar	23° / 11°	51	7.4	12.2	7.4
Apr	20° / 8°	25	4	11.3	7.3
May	16° / 5°	32	4.6	10.5	5.8
Jun	13° / 2°	35	5.1	10.1	4.1
Jul	13° / 1°	28	4.6	10.2	4.0
Aug	14° / 2°	31	4.7	10.9	5.1
Sep	18° / 5°	36	6.1	11.8	6.6
Oct	21° / 8°	61	8.2	12.7	7.0
Nov	23° / 10°	85	10.1	13.5	6.8
Dec	24° / 13°	92	11.6	13.9	6.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%. 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 (%)	78	78	79	80	81	81	82	81	81	80	80	79	79	78	78	76	76	75	74	73	72	72	70	70	68	68	68	68	68	68	68
Cloudier (%)	22	22	21	20	19	19	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	24	24	25	26	27	28	28	30	30	32	32	32	32	32	32	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	82	18
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	75	25
19	74	26
20	73	27
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Armidale gets around 31 mm of rain and snow over 4.7 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 15% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	20	20	21	21	21	22

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

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 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
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	12	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of August to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:44 AM to 7:14 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:33 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)	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:44	7:43	7:43	7:42	7:41	7:40	7:39	7:39	7:38	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:14
Sunset (PM)	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	7:44	6:15
2	10.5	7:43	6:15
3	10.6	7:43	6:16
4	10.6	7:42	6:17
5	10.6	7:41	6:17
6	10.6	7:40	6:18
7	10.7	7:39	6:18
8	10.7	7:39	6:19
9	10.7	7:38	6:20
10	10.7	7:37	6:20
11	10.8	7:36	6:21
12	10.8	7:35	6:22
13	10.8	7:34	6:22
14	10.8	7:33	6:23
15	10.9	7:32	6:23
16	10.9	7:31	6:24
17	10.9	7:30	6:25
18	10.9	7:29	6:25
19	11.0	7:28	6:26
20	11.0	7:27	6:26
21	11.0	7:26	6:27
22	11.1	7:24	6:28
23	11.1	7:23	6:28
24	11.1	7:22	6:29
25	11.1	7:21	6:29
26	11.2	7:20	6:30
27	11.2	7:19	6:31
28	11.2	7:17	6:31
29	11.3	7:16	6:32
30	11.3	7:15	6:32
31	11.3	7:14	6:33

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.82 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 4.22 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)	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	3.7	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	4.0	Moderate
7	4.0	Bright
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Armidale

In seasonPeak

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

Armidale's rainy season runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Armidale?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Armidale for sightseeing.

What to pack for Armidale in August

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

In August, Armidale sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 2°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Armidale in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Armidale peaks around January 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 4 (moderate).

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)	14	14	11	8	5	4	4	5	7	10	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	5	Moderate
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	5	High
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Armidale in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Armidale is worst in December — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.8× the cleanest month (June, 8 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Armidale's WHO annual average of 17.2 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	17	11	11	12	10	8	9	9	13	19	34	54
Level	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	11	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	12	Moderate
May	10	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	9	Good
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	34	Moderate
Dec	54	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Armidale?

Armidale sits at 30.5°S, 151.7°E, 1,053 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Tamworth, 96 km away.

Topography around Armidale

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Armidale has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m around an average of 1,013 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 514 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,490 m.

The land around Armidale is covered by grassland (53%), artificial surfaces (24%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (77%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and trees (46%) within 80 km.

3 km

123 m

grassland 53%

16 km

514 m

grassland 77%

80 km

1,490 m

grassland 53%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

August weather nearby: Tamworth 96 km · Coffs Harbour 141 km · Grafton 152 km · Port Macquarie 157 km · Taree 174 km · Muswellbrook 209 km · Maitland 248 km · Warwick 256 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 90% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $65,130; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 4.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Armidale (-30.5012°, 151.6655°, elevation 1,053 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	1
2	13	1
3	13	1
4	13	1
5	14	1
6	14	1
7	14	1
8	14	1
9	14	1
10	14	1
11	14	1
12	14	1
13	14	1
14	14	1
15	14	1
16	14	1
17	14	1
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	15	2
21	15	2
22	15	2
23	15	2
24	15	2
25	15	3
26	15	3
27	15	3
28	15	3
29	15	3
30	16	3
31	16	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	82	18
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	75	25
19	74	26
20	73	27
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	82	18
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	75	25
19	74	26
20	73	27
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	82	18
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	75	25
19	74	26
20	73	27
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

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

	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