Mildura weather in August

In August, Mildura sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 20 mm of rain across 4.4 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 19°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 Mildura's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mildura's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 20 mm; 4.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 8:14 AM – 6:57 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 9th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; out of 10

Mildura is regional city in Victoria, Australia.

Density: 446/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1887

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 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical August day in Mildura reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 22°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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

How August really feels in Mildura

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.

Mildura weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 18°	23	3.1	14	4.4
Feb	32° / 18°	24	2.6	13.3	5.1
Mar	28° / 15°	16	2.3	12.3	7.2
Apr	24° / 11°	16	2.4	11.2	8.3
May	19° / 8°	17	3.6	10.2	7.1
Jun	16° / 7°	20	4.1	9.8	5.7
Jul	15° / 6°	21	4.6	10	5.4
Aug	17° / 6°	20	4.4	10.7	6.5
Sep	21° / 8°	27	4.3	11.8	7.5
Oct	24° / 11°	25	3.7	12.9	8.1
Nov	28° / 14°	25	3.7	13.8	7.0
Dec	31° / 16°	25	3.2	14.2	5.7

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 23% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%.

	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	60	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	63	62	62	62	61	61
Cloudier (%)	40	40	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	37	38	38	38	39	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	61	39
31	61	39

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Mildura gets around 20 mm of rain over 4.4 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 14% and peaks near 15% 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 (%)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15

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

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 14 km/h in August.

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

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 8:29 AM to 7:55 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 7:08 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	10.7	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)	8:29	8:28	8:27	8:26	8:26	8:25	8:24	8:23	8:22	8:21	8:20	8:19	8:17	8:16	8:15	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:10	8:09	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:04	8:03	8:02	8:00	7:59	7:58	7:56	7:55
Sunset (PM)	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	8:29	6:46
2	10.3	8:28	6:46
3	10.3	8:27	6:47
4	10.4	8:26	6:48
5	10.4	8:26	6:49
6	10.4	8:25	6:49
7	10.4	8:24	6:50
8	10.5	8:23	6:51
9	10.5	8:22	6:52
10	10.5	8:21	6:52
11	10.6	8:20	6:53
12	10.6	8:19	6:54
13	10.6	8:17	6:55
14	10.7	8:16	6:55
15	10.7	8:15	6:56
16	10.7	8:14	6:57
17	10.7	8:13	6:58
18	10.8	8:12	6:58
19	10.8	8:10	6:59
20	10.8	8:09	7:00
21	10.9	8:08	7:01
22	10.9	8:07	7:01
23	10.9	8:06	7:02
24	11.0	8:04	7:03
25	11.0	8:03	7:04
26	11.0	8:02	7:04
27	11.1	8:00	7:05
28	11.1	7:59	7:06
29	11.1	7:58	7:06
30	11.2	7:56	7:07
31	11.2	7:55	7:08

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 2.35 kWh/m² to a high of 8.08 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	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	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	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0
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	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.9	Moderate
2	3.0	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	3.3	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	3.8	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate
29	4.0	Moderate
30	4.0	Moderate
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Mildura?

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

6.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.8

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Mildura for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mildura in August

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

In August, Mildura sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Mildura 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 Mildura peaks around December 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 3 (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	3	3	4	6	8	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	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Mildura?

Mildura sits at 34.2°S, 142.2°E, 56 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Broken Hill, 256 km away.

Topography around Mildura

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mildura has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 44 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m.

The land around Mildura is covered by artificial surfaces (42%), grassland (25%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

27 m

artificial surfaces 42%

16 km

55 m

grassland 51%

80 km

118 m

grassland 44%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

August weather nearby: Broken Hill 256 km · Horsham 281 km · Gawler 317 km · Mount Barker 317 km · Echuca 320 km · Adelaide Hills 327 km · Paralowie 332 km · Parafield Gardens 332 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 Mildura (-34.1855°, 142.1625°, elevation 56 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	16	6
2	16	6
3	16	6
4	16	6
5	16	6
6	16	6
7	16	6
8	17	6
9	17	6
10	17	6
11	17	6
12	17	6
13	17	6
14	17	6
15	17	6
16	17	6
17	17	6
18	17	6
19	18	6
20	18	6
21	18	6
22	18	6
23	18	6
24	18	6
25	18	6
26	18	7
27	19	7
28	19	7
29	19	7
30	19	7
31	19	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	61	39
31	61	39

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	61	39
31	61	39

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	61	39
31	61	39

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

	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