Kalgoorlie weather in August

In August, Kalgoorlie sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 20 mm of rain across 3.8 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of August to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kalgoorlie's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kalgoorlie's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 20 mm; 3.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 6:32 AM – 5:24 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 7th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.97 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.4; out of 10

Kalgoorlie is city in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.

Density: 282/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1893

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 18°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical August day in Kalgoorlie reaches about 19°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 25°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8

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

How August really feels in Kalgoorlie

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.

Kalgoorlie weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 19°	30	3.1	13.8	4.0
Feb	32° / 19°	40	3.9	13.1	4.7
Mar	29° / 17°	34	3.4	12.2	6.6
Apr	26° / 14°	19	3.3	11.3	8.0
May	21° / 10°	20	3.2	10.5	7.7
Jun	18° / 7°	19	4.1	10	6.6
Jul	17° / 6°	19	4.1	10.2	6.5
Aug	19° / 7°	20	3.8	10.9	7.4
Sep	23° / 9°	11	2.6	11.8	8.4
Oct	27° / 12°	13	2.5	12.8	8.2
Nov	29° / 15°	20	3.4	13.6	6.6
Dec	32° / 17°	18	2.8	14	5.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% 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 29%.

	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 (%)	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	71
Cloudier (%)	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	71	29

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kalgoorlie gets around 20 mm of rain over 3.8 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 12% and peaks near 14% 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 (%)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12

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

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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
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	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in August

Winds average 16 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
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	16	light breeze
2	16	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	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	17	light breeze
26	17	light breeze
27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze
29	17	light breeze
30	17	light breeze
31	17	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 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 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:45 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 5:15 PM to 5:34 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)	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	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	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15
Sunset (PM)	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:34

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

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.76 kWh/m² to a high of 7.94 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 3.97 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	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

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

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

7.4

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

3.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kalgoorlie in August

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

In August, Kalgoorlie sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Kalgoorlie 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 Kalgoorlie peaks around January 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 4 (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)	14	13	12	7	5	4	4	5	7	10	11	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Location & terrain

Where is Kalgoorlie?

Kalgoorlie sits at 30.7°S, 121.5°E, 387 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Ellenbrook, 535 km away.

Topography around Kalgoorlie

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kalgoorlie has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m around an average of 378 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 341 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 410 m.

The land around Kalgoorlie is covered by artificial surfaces (32%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, trees (42%), shrubs (25%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (38%), shrubs (32%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

196 m

artificial surfaces 32%

16 km

341 m

trees 42%

80 km

410 m

trees 38%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

August weather nearby: Ellenbrook 535 km · Gosnells 540 km · Byford 543 km · Morley 544 km · Thornlie 544 km · Ballajura 544 km · Landsdale 546 km · Canning Vale 547 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
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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 Kalgoorlie (-30.7461°, 121.4742°, elevation 387 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	18	6
2	18	6
3	18	6
4	18	6
5	18	6
6	18	6
7	18	6
8	18	6
9	18	7
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	19	7
13	19	7
14	19	7
15	19	7
16	19	7
17	19	7
18	19	7
19	19	7
20	19	7
21	20	7
22	20	7
23	20	7
24	20	7
25	20	7
26	20	7
27	20	7
28	20	8
29	20	8
30	20	8
31	21	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	71	29

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
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	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	71	29

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
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	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	71	29

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
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	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0