Griffith weather in August

In August, Griffith sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 30 mm of rain across 5.7 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 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of August to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Griffith's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Griffith's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 30 mm; 5.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 7:59 AM – 6:41 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 9th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

Griffith 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 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical August day in Griffith reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 21°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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How August really feels in Griffith

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.

Griffith 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	33° / 19°	30	4.1	14	4.0
Feb	32° / 18°	33	3.8	13.3	4.8
Mar	29° / 15°	28	3	12.3	6.9
Apr	24° / 11°	23	3.6	11.2	8.2
May	19° / 7°	28	4.5	10.2	7.0
Jun	16° / 6°	39	6.1	9.8	5.2
Jul	15° / 5°	32	6.4	9.9	4.8
Aug	16° / 5°	30	5.7	10.7	5.8
Sep	20° / 7°	36	5	11.8	7.3
Oct	24° / 10°	36	5.2	12.9	7.9
Nov	28° / 14°	35	5.5	13.8	6.8
Dec	31° / 16°	35	4.5	14.2	5.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%. Skies tend to open up 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 (%)	54	53	54	54	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	59	59	60	61	61	61	61	62	62	63	63	63	64
Cloudier (%)	46	47	46	46	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	39	39	39	39	38	38	37	37	37	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	60	40
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	64	36

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Griffith gets around 30 mm of rain over 5.7 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 19% and peaks near 20% 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 (%)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 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 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:14 AM to 7:39 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:52 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)	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	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	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:10	8:09	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:05	8:04	8:03	8:02	8:01	8:00	7:59	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:54	7:53	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:47	7:46	7:45	7:44	7:42	7:41	7:39
Sunset (PM)	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	8:14	6:30
2	10.3	8:13	6:31
3	10.3	8:12	6:31
4	10.4	8:11	6:32
5	10.4	8:10	6:33
6	10.4	8:09	6:34
7	10.4	8:08	6:34
8	10.5	8:07	6:35
9	10.5	8:06	6:36
10	10.5	8:05	6:37
11	10.6	8:04	6:37
12	10.6	8:03	6:38
13	10.6	8:02	6:39
14	10.6	8:01	6:40
15	10.7	8:00	6:40
16	10.7	7:59	6:41
17	10.7	7:57	6:42
18	10.8	7:56	6:43
19	10.8	7:55	6:43
20	10.8	7:54	6:44
21	10.9	7:53	6:45
22	10.9	7:51	6:46
23	10.9	7:50	6:46
24	11.0	7:49	6:47
25	11.0	7:47	6:48
26	11.0	7:46	6:49
27	11.1	7:45	6:49
28	11.1	7:44	6:50
29	11.1	7:42	6:51
30	11.2	7:41	6:52
31	11.2	7:39	6:52

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.33 kWh/m² to a high of 8.02 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 3.45 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)	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1
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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.9	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.0	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.2	Moderate
10	3.2	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.7	Moderate
23	3.7	Moderate
24	3.8	Moderate
25	3.8	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	4.0	Moderate
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.0	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Griffith?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Griffith for sightseeing.

What to pack for Griffith in August

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

In August, Griffith sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Griffith 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 Griffith peaks around December 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 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	3	2	3	4	6	9	11	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	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Griffith?

Griffith sits at 34.3°S, 146.1°E, 128 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Wodonga, 218 km away.

Topography around Griffith

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Griffith has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 134 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 419 m.

The land around Griffith is covered by trees (36%), artificial surfaces (32%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, cropland (43%), grassland (34%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and grassland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km

78 m

trees 36%

16 km

148 m

cropland 43%

80 km

419 m

cropland 46%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

August weather nearby: Wodonga 218 km · Wangaratta 231 km · Echuca 237 km · Shepparton 240 km · Canberra 302 km · Tuggeranong 303 km · Orange 303 km · Bendigo 318 km

Australia travel facts

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Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
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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 Griffith (-34.2885°, 146.0509°, elevation 128 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	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	15	5
5	15	5
6	15	5
7	15	5
8	16	5
9	16	5
10	16	5
11	16	5
12	16	5
13	16	5
14	16	5
15	16	5
16	16	5
17	16	5
18	16	5
19	17	5
20	17	5
21	17	5
22	17	5
23	17	5
24	17	5
25	17	5
26	18	6
27	18	6
28	18	6
29	18	6
30	18	6
31	18	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	60	40
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	64	36

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	60	40
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	64	36

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	60	40
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	64	36

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1