Maryborough weather in August

In August, Maryborough sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 35 mm of rain across 3.8 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Maryborough's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maryborough's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
10th warmest
Overnight low
11°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
35 mm
3.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 06 min
6:20 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover
34%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.2
out of 10

Maryborough is city in Queensland, Australia.

Founded
1847

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical August day in Maryborough reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Maryborough

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.

Maryborough 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
Jan30° / 22°10811.113.45.1
Feb29° / 22°12811.612.95.0
Mar28° / 21°9210.812.25.9
Apr26° / 18°487.711.47.1
May24° / 15°536.910.87.6
Jun22° / 12°515.210.47.6
Jul21° / 11°284.110.67.8
Aug22° / 11°353.811.18.2
Sep25° / 14°304.511.88.3
Oct26° / 17°646.812.67.5
Nov28° / 19°567.513.26.8
Dec29° / 21°959.613.65.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% 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 21%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18218
28218
38317
48317
58218
68218
78218
88218
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Maryborough gets around 35 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 19% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
19
28
38
48
57
67
77
87
97
108
118
128
139
149
1510
1611
1711
1812
1913
2014
2115
2216
2317
2417
2518
2618
2719
2819
2919
3019
3119

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 73% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1831340
2831340
3831340
4831340
5841240
6841240
7831340
8831340
9821350
10821350
11811450
12801460
13801460
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17751780
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216821110
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256324130
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285826151
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305627161
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Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:31 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 5:19 PM to 5:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.86:315:19
210.86:315:20
310.86:305:20
410.86:305:20
510.96:295:21
610.96:285:21
710.96:285:22
810.96:275:22
910.96:265:23
1011.06:255:23
1111.06:255:24
1211.06:245:24
1311.06:235:25
1411.16:225:25
1511.16:215:26
1611.16:205:26
1711.16:195:27
1811.16:195:27
1911.26:185:28
2011.26:175:28
2111.26:165:28
2211.26:155:29
2311.36:145:29
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.19 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 4.32 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.0Moderate
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294.6Bright
304.6Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Maryborough

In seasonPeak

None of Maryborough's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Maryborough sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Maryborough's rainy season runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone
Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Maryborough?

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

8.2
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Maryborough in August

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

In August, Maryborough sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes. About 4 days see rain.

light clothes

Sea temperature near Maryborough in August

The nearest coast averages about 21°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 43 km away) is warmest in February at about 27°C and coldest in August near 21°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

20°22°24°26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan26Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr25Warm
May24Refreshing
Jun22Refreshing
Jul21Refreshing
Aug21Refreshing
Sep22Refreshing
Oct23Refreshing
Nov24Refreshing
Dec25Warm

UV index in Maryborough in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Maryborough peaks around February 9 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighModerateHighVery highExtremeFeb 9UV 14Jun 20UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr9Very high
May6High
Jun5Moderate
Jul5High
Aug7High
Sep8Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Maryborough?

Maryborough sits at 25.5°S, 152.7°E, 11 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Hervey Bay, 29 km away.

Topography around Maryborough

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maryborough has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 725 m.

The land around Maryborough is covered by grassland (31%), artificial surfaces (29%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, trees (59%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
144 m
80 km
725 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
August weather nearby: Hervey Bay 29 km · Gympie 72 km · Bundaberg 83 km · Noosa 102 km · Sunshine Coast 130 km · Maroochydore 131 km · Buderim 132 km · Caloundra 146 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 Maryborough (-25.5407°, 152.7049°, elevation 11 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).