Goulburn weather in August

In August, Goulburn sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 7.2 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of August to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Goulburn's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Goulburn's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 45 mm; 7.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 7:45 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 3.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Goulburn is city in New South Wales, 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

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical August day in Goulburn reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

How August really feels in Goulburn

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 24 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.

Goulburn weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 14°	62	8.5	14.1	6.9
Feb	25° / 14°	68	8.6	13.3	7.0
Mar	23° / 12°	50	7.4	12.3	7.3
Apr	19° / 8°	32	4.7	11.2	7.0
May	15° / 5°	30	4.9	10.2	5.3
Jun	12° / 4°	50	6.8	9.7	3.4
Jul	11° / 3°	36	6.6	9.9	3.1
Aug	13° / 3°	45	7.2	10.7	3.8
Sep	16° / 5°	47	7.6	11.8	5.4
Oct	19° / 8°	58	8.1	12.9	6.5
Nov	22° / 10°	67	9.3	13.8	6.7
Dec	25° / 12°	65	8.4	14.3	7.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%.

	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 (%)	60	61	61	62	61	62	62	62	62	62	60	60	60	59	60	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	57	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	57
Cloudier (%)	40	39	39	38	39	38	38	38	38	38	40	40	40	41	40	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	43

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	61	39
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	60	40
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	57	43

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Goulburn gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 7.2 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 23% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26

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

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 16 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of August to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:00 AM to 7:25 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:37 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)	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	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
Sunrise (AM)	8:00	7:59	7:58	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:54	7:53	7:52	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:47	7:46	7:45	7:43	7:42	7:41	7:40	7:39	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:25
Sunset (PM)	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	8:00	6:14
2	10.3	7:59	6:15
3	10.3	7:58	6:16
4	10.3	7:57	6:17
5	10.3	7:56	6:17
6	10.4	7:55	6:18
7	10.4	7:54	6:19
8	10.4	7:53	6:20
9	10.5	7:52	6:20
10	10.5	7:51	6:21
11	10.5	7:50	6:22
12	10.6	7:49	6:23
13	10.6	7:48	6:23
14	10.6	7:47	6:24
15	10.7	7:46	6:25
16	10.7	7:45	6:26
17	10.7	7:43	6:27
18	10.8	7:42	6:27
19	10.8	7:41	6:28
20	10.8	7:40	6:29
21	10.9	7:39	6:30
22	10.9	7:37	6:30
23	10.9	7:36	6:31
24	11.0	7:35	6:32
25	11.0	7:33	6:33
26	11.0	7:32	6:33
27	11.1	7:31	6:34
28	11.1	7:29	6:35
29	11.1	7:28	6:36
30	11.2	7:27	6:36
31	11.2	7:25	6:37

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.17 kWh/m² to a high of 7.01 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 3.46 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)	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	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	3.9
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	3.0	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.1	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.2	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.2	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.3	Moderate
12	3.4	Moderate
13	3.4	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.7	Moderate
24	3.7	Moderate
25	3.7	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.9	Moderate
30	3.9	Moderate
31	3.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Goulburn?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Goulburn.

What to pack for Goulburn in August

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

In August, Goulburn sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Goulburn in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Goulburn peaks around December 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	12	9	6	4	2	3	4	5	9	10	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	2	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	5	High
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Goulburn 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 Goulburn is worst in December — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 7.0× the cleanest month (July, 5 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	16	7	7	10	12	8	5	6	7	7	8	33
Level	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	16	Moderate
Feb	7	Good
Mar	7	Good
Apr	10	Good
May	12	Moderate
Jun	8	Good
Jul	5	Good
Aug	6	Good
Sep	7	Good
Oct	7	Good
Nov	8	Good
Dec	33	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Goulburn?

Goulburn sits at 34.8°S, 149.7°E, 642 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Canberra, 80 km away.

Topography around Goulburn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Goulburn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m around an average of 657 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 318 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,267 m.

The land around Goulburn is covered by grassland (41%), artificial surfaces (34%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, grassland (62%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and trees (48%) within 80 km.

3 km

200 m

grassland 41%

16 km

318 m

grassland 62%

80 km

1,267 m

grassland 50%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

August weather nearby: Canberra 80 km · Tuggeranong 95 km · Wollongong city centre 113 km · Wollongong 113 km · Batemans Bay 114 km · Katoomba 127 km · Blue Mountains 128 km · Glenmore Park 138 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 Goulburn (-34.7516°, 149.7209°, elevation 642 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	12	3
2	12	3
3	12	3
4	12	3
5	12	3
6	12	3
7	12	3
8	12	3
9	12	3
10	12	3
11	12	3
12	12	3
13	12	3
14	12	3
15	13	3
16	13	3
17	13	3
18	13	3
19	13	3
20	13	3
21	13	3
22	13	3
23	13	3
24	13	4
25	13	4
26	14	4
27	14	4
28	14	4
29	14	4
30	14	4
31	14	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	61	39
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	60	40
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	57	43

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	61	39
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	60	40
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	57	43

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	61	39
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	60	40
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	57	43

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

	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