Dubbo weather in August

In August, Dubbo sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 38 mm of rain across 5.2 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% 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 Dubbo's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dubbo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
10th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Rainfall
38 mm
5.2 wet days
Daylight
10 h 48 min
7:45 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover
40%
7th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
3.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Dubbo is city in New South Wales, Australia.

Founded
1849

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical August day in Dubbo reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 4°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1164
2164
3164
4164
5164
6164
7164
8164
9164
10164
11164
12164
13164
14164
15174
16174
17174
18174
19174
20175
21175
22175
23175
24185
25185
26185
27185
28185
29186
30186
31196

How August really feels in Dubbo

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Dubbo 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 19°51613.94.3
Feb31° / 18°534.913.25.1
Mar28° / 15°464.612.27.0
Apr24° / 11°333.511.28.2
May19° / 374.510.47.2
Jun16° / 466.29.95.5
Jul15° / 436.110.15.1
Aug17° / 385.210.86.3
Sep21° / 455.511.87.5
Oct24° / 10°536.112.87.9
Nov28° / 14°627.213.76.7
Dec30° / 17°756.414.15.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16733
26733
36832
46832
56832
66931
76931
87030
97030
107129
117129
127030
137129
147129
157030
167030
176931
186931
196931
206832
216832
226931
236832
246832
256832
266832
276733
286733
296733
306832
316832

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dubbo gets around 38 mm of rain over 5.2 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 17% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
118
218
318
418
517
617
717
817
916
1016
1116
1216
1316
1416
1515
1615
1715
1815
1916
2016
2116
2216
2317
2417
2518
2619
2719
2820
2920
3020
3121

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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
121000
131000
141000
151000
161000
171000
18991
19991
20991
21991
22991
23991
24991
25991
26991
27982
28982
29982
30982
31982

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
1412calm
1512calm
1612calm
1712calm
1812calm
1912calm
2012calm
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3012calm
3112calm

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 8:00 AM to 7:27 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:44 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.48:006:24
210.47:596:24
310.57:586:25
410.57:576:26
510.57:566:26
610.57:556:27
710.67:556:28
810.67:546:28
910.67:536:29
1010.67:526:30
1110.77:516:30
1210.77:506:31
1310.77:496:32
1410.77:486:33
1510.87:476:33
1610.87:456:34
1710.87:446:35
1810.97:436:35
1910.97:426:36
2010.97:416:37
2111.07:406:37
2211.07:396:38
2311.07:376:39
2411.07:366:39
2511.17:356:40
2611.17:346:41
2711.17:336:41
2811.27:316:42
2911.27:306:42
3011.27:296:43
3111.37:276:44

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.56 kWh/m² to a high of 7.72 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 3.79 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.3Moderate
23.3Moderate
33.3Moderate
43.4Moderate
53.4Moderate
63.4Moderate
73.5Moderate
83.5Moderate
93.5Moderate
103.6Moderate
113.6Moderate
123.7Moderate
133.7Moderate
143.7Moderate
153.8Moderate
163.8Moderate
173.9Moderate
183.9Moderate
193.9Moderate
203.9Moderate
214.0Moderate
224.0Bright
234.0Bright
244.1Bright
254.1Bright
264.1Bright
274.2Bright
284.2Bright
294.3Bright
304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Dubbo?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
1.4
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Dubbo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dubbo in August

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

In August, Dubbo sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Dubbo 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 Dubbo peaks around January 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 12UV 13Jun 19UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar10Very high
Apr7High
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep6High
Oct9Very high
Nov11Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Dubbo?

Dubbo sits at 32.2°S, 148.6°E, 264 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Orange, 125 km away.

MuswellbrookKatoombaBlue MountainsTamworthCranebrookGlenmore Park

Topography around Dubbo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dubbo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m around an average of 275 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 588 m.

The land around Dubbo is covered by artificial surfaces (39%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, grassland (53%) and trees (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%), cropland (29%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
69 m
16 km
170 m
80 km
588 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Orange 125 km · Bathurst 159 km · Muswellbrook 215 km · Katoomba 228 km · Blue Mountains 229 km · Tamworth 255 km · Cranebrook 255 km · Glenmore Park 258 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
none 38%Roman Catholic 20%Protestant 18%other Christian 4%

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 Dubbo (-32.243°, 148.6048°, elevation 264 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).