Broken Hill weather in August

In August, Broken Hill sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 14 mm of rain across 2.9 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Broken Hill's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Broken Hill's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 14 mm; 2.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 7:44 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover: 35%; 6th clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 3.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.2; out of 10

Broken Hill is town in New South Wales, Australia.

Density: 103/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1883

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 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical August day in Broken Hill reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 4°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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8

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

How August really feels in Broken Hill

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.

Broken Hill weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 20°	21	2.8	13.9	3.9
Feb	33° / 19°	27	2.6	13.2	4.7
Mar	29° / 16°	14	1.9	12.2	7.0
Apr	24° / 12°	11	1.7	11.2	8.6
May	19° / 9°	13	2.6	10.4	7.5
Jun	16° / 6°	15	3.1	10	6.0
Jul	16° / 6°	13	2.8	10.1	6.0
Aug	18° / 7°	14	2.9	10.8	7.2
Sep	22° / 9°	21	3	11.8	8.2
Oct	26° / 12°	18	3.2	12.8	8.3
Nov	29° / 15°	23	3.6	13.6	6.7
Dec	32° / 18°	21	3.2	14.1	5.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%.

	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 (%)	76	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	75	75	74	74	74	74	73	73	72	72	72	72	73	74	74
Cloudier (%)	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	27	26	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	74	26

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Broken Hill gets around 14 mm of rain over 2.9 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 9% and peaks near 11% 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 (%)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11

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

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.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
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	17	light breeze
2	17	light breeze
3	17	light breeze
4	17	light breeze
5	17	light breeze
6	17	light breeze
7	18	light breeze
8	18	light breeze
9	18	light breeze
10	18	light breeze
11	18	light breeze
12	18	light breeze
13	18	light breeze
14	18	light breeze
15	18	light breeze
16	18	light breeze
17	18	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 24 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 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:58 AM to 7:26 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:43 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)	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:58	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:54	7:54	7:53	7:52	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:47	7:46	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:42	7:40	7:39	7:38	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:27	7:26
Sunset (PM)	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	7:58	6:23
2	10.4	7:57	6:23
3	10.5	7:56	6:24
4	10.5	7:55	6:25
5	10.5	7:54	6:25
6	10.5	7:54	6:26
7	10.6	7:53	6:27
8	10.6	7:52	6:28
9	10.6	7:51	6:28
10	10.6	7:50	6:29
11	10.7	7:49	6:30
12	10.7	7:48	6:30
13	10.7	7:47	6:31
14	10.8	7:46	6:32
15	10.8	7:45	6:32
16	10.8	7:44	6:33
17	10.8	7:43	6:34
18	10.9	7:42	6:34
19	10.9	7:40	6:35
20	10.9	7:39	6:36
21	11.0	7:38	6:36
22	11.0	7:37	6:37
23	11.0	7:36	6:37
24	11.1	7:35	6:38
25	11.1	7:33	6:39
26	11.1	7:32	6:39
27	11.2	7:31	6:40
28	11.2	7:30	6:41
29	11.2	7:28	6:41
30	11.2	7:27	6:42
31	11.3	7:26	6:43

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.72 kWh/m² to a high of 8.17 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 3.9 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)	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	4.0	Moderate
19	4.0	Moderate
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Broken Hill?

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

7.2

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.4

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Broken Hill for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Broken Hill in August

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

In August, Broken Hill sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Broken Hill 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 Broken Hill peaks around December 23 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 3 (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)	13	12	10	6	4	3	3	5	7	9	11	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	10	Extreme
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	7	High
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Broken Hill?

Broken Hill sits at 32.0°S, 141.5°E, 317 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Mildura, 256 km away.

Topography around Broken Hill

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Broken Hill has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m around an average of 304 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 189 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 408 m.

The land around Broken Hill is covered by artificial surfaces (34%) and shrubs (27%) within 3 km, grassland (79%) within 16 km, and grassland (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

118 m

artificial surfaces 34%

16 km

189 m

grassland 79%

80 km

408 m

grassland 97%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

August weather nearby: Mildura 256 km · Whyalla 383 km · Gawler 386 km · Paralowie 407 km · Parafield Gardens 409 km · Adelaide Hills 415 km · Mount Barker 420 km · Adelaide city centre 422 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 Broken Hill (-31.9652°, 141.4512°, elevation 317 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	17	6
2	17	6
3	17	6
4	17	6
5	17	6
6	17	6
7	17	6
8	17	6
9	17	6
10	17	6
11	17	6
12	17	6
13	18	6
14	18	6
15	18	6
16	18	6
17	18	6
18	18	6
19	18	7
20	18	7
21	18	7
22	19	7
23	19	7
24	19	7
25	19	7
26	19	7
27	19	7
28	19	7
29	20	7
30	20	8
31	20	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

	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