Corio weather in August

In August, Corio sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 43 mm of rain across 10 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 hours at the start of August to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Corio's 5th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Corio's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 43 mm; 10 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 8:11 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 5th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 2.8 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Corio is suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

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 13°C through the month.

A typical August day in Corio reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 16°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	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Corio weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 15°	43	6	14.3	7.4
Feb	22° / 16°	42	5.7	13.5	7.4
Mar	21° / 14°	31	5.6	12.3	7.1
Apr	18° / 12°	42	7	11	6.2
May	16° / 11°	39	8.1	10	4.9
Jun	13° / 9°	47	9.4	9.4	3.8
Jul	13° / 8°	38	9.5	9.6	3.5
Aug	13° / 8°	43	10	10.5	3.7
Sep	15° / 9°	51	10.5	11.7	4.4
Oct	17° / 10°	55	9.3	13	5.4
Nov	19° / 12°	59	8.7	14.1	6.1
Dec	20° / 13°	49	7.5	14.6	6.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

	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 (%)	50	49	49	49	50	49	49	49	48	47	47	47	46	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	48	49	49	48	48	48	48	48
Cloudier (%)	50	51	51	51	50	51	51	51	52	53	53	53	54	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	51	51	52	51	51	52	52	52	52	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Corio gets around 43 mm of rain over 10 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 33% and peaks near 35% 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 (%)	33	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	33	32	32	31	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	31

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

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 20 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 20 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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	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	20	light breeze
2	20	light breeze
3	20	light breeze
4	20	light breeze
5	20	light breeze
6	20	breezy
7	20	breezy
8	20	breezy
9	20	breezy
10	20	breezy
11	20	breezy
12	20	breezy
13	20	breezy
14	20	breezy
15	20	breezy
16	20	breezy
17	20	light breeze
18	20	light breeze
19	20	light breeze
20	20	light breeze
21	19	light breeze
22	19	light breeze
23	19	light breeze
24	19	light breeze
25	19	light breeze
26	19	light breeze
27	19	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 hours at the start of August to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:28 AM to 7:50 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:55 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)	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	8:28	8:27	8:26	8:25	8:24	8:23	8:22	8:21	8:20	8:19	8:17	8:16	8:15	8:14	8:12	8:11	8:10	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:04	8:03	8:02	8:00	7:59	7:57	7:56	7:54	7:53	7:51	7:50
Sunset (PM)	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	8:28	6:29
2	10.0	8:27	6:30
3	10.1	8:26	6:30
4	10.1	8:25	6:31
5	10.1	8:24	6:32
6	10.2	8:23	6:33
7	10.2	8:22	6:34
8	10.2	8:21	6:35
9	10.3	8:20	6:36
10	10.3	8:19	6:37
11	10.3	8:17	6:37
12	10.4	8:16	6:38
13	10.4	8:15	6:39
14	10.4	8:14	6:40
15	10.5	8:12	6:41
16	10.5	8:11	6:42
17	10.6	8:10	6:43
18	10.6	8:08	6:44
19	10.6	8:07	6:45
20	10.7	8:06	6:46
21	10.7	8:04	6:46
22	10.7	8:03	6:47
23	10.8	8:02	6:48
24	10.8	8:00	6:49
25	10.9	7:59	6:50
26	10.9	7:57	6:51
27	10.9	7:56	6:52
28	11.0	7:54	6:53
29	11.0	7:53	6:54
30	11.1	7:51	6:54
31	11.1	7:50	6:55

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 2.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.8 kWh/m² to a high of 7.14 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 2.8 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)	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4
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	2.4	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.4	Moderate
4	2.4	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.5	Moderate
7	2.5	Moderate
8	2.5	Moderate
9	2.5	Moderate
10	2.6	Moderate
11	2.6	Moderate
12	2.6	Moderate
13	2.7	Moderate
14	2.7	Moderate
15	2.7	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	3.0	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.1	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.2	Moderate
27	3.2	Moderate
28	3.3	Moderate
29	3.3	Moderate
30	3.4	Moderate
31	3.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Corio?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Corio.

What to pack for Corio in August

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

In August, Corio sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Corio 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 32 km away) is warmest in February at about 19°C and coldest in August near 13°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

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

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

UV index in Corio in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Corio peaks around December 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (low).

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)	11	10	8	5	3	2	2	3	4	7	10	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	5	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Corio?

Corio sits at 38.1°S, 144.4°E, 9 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Lara, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Corio

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Corio has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m around an average of 8 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 366 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,046 m.

The land around Corio is covered by water (38%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), cropland (21%) and water (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (34%) and water (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

28 m

water 38%

16 km

366 m

grassland 36%

80 km

1,046 m

grassland 34%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

August weather nearby: Lara 7.0 km · Geelong 7.0 km · Highton 12 km · Torquay 28 km · Wyndham Vale 30 km · Werribee 32 km · Hoppers Crossing 36 km · Tarneit 37 km

Australia travel facts

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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Corio (-38.0833°, 144.3833°, elevation 9 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. 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	8
2	13	8
3	13	8
4	13	8
5	13	8
6	13	8
7	13	8
8	13	8
9	13	8
10	13	8
11	13	8
12	13	8
13	13	8
14	13	8
15	13	8
16	13	8
17	13	8
18	13	8
19	13	8
20	13	8
21	13	8
22	13	8
23	13	8
24	14	8
25	14	8
26	14	8
27	14	8
28	14	8
29	14	8
30	14	8
31	14	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

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

	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