Toowoomba weather in August

In August, Toowoomba sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 28 mm of rain across 3.5 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Toowoomba's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Toowoomba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 28 mm; 3.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 6:26 AM – 5:27 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 1st clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; out of 10

Toowoomba is city in Queensland, 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 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical August day in Toowoomba reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°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)	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8

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

Toowoomba 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 18°	91	10.5	13.5	5.4
Feb	28° / 18°	92	8.8	13	5.9
Mar	27° / 16°	60	7.1	12.2	7.1
Apr	25° / 13°	22	3.9	11.4	8.0
May	21° / 9°	37	3.9	10.7	7.7
Jun	19° / 7°	32	4.5	10.3	7.1
Jul	18° / 6°	23	3.6	10.4	7.3
Aug	20° / 6°	28	3.5	11	7.9
Sep	23° / 9°	29	4.4	11.8	8.2
Oct	26° / 13°	67	7.3	12.7	7.6
Nov	27° / 15°	74	8.2	13.4	6.7
Dec	29° / 17°	103	10	13.7	5.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	83	85	85	86	87	88	88	88	88	89	88	88	87	87	87	85	85	83	83	81	80	79	78	77	76	76	75	75	74	75	75
Cloudier (%)	17	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	15	15	17	17	19	20	21	22	23	24	24	25	25	26	25	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	86	14
5	87	13
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	89	11
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	81	19
21	80	20
22	79	21
23	78	22
24	77	23
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	74	26
30	75	25
31	75	25

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Toowoomba gets around 28 mm of rain over 3.5 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 11% and peaks near 18% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	8
2	8
3	7
4	7
5	6
6	6
7	6
8	6
9	6
10	7
11	7
12	8
13	8
14	9
15	9
16	10
17	11
18	11
19	12
20	13
21	14
22	15
23	16
24	17
25	17
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 97% 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 (%)	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	94	94
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	94	6
31	94	6

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 11 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 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 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:38 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 5:19 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)	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:10
Sunset (PM)	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	6:38	5:19
2	10.7	6:37	5:19
3	10.7	6:36	5:20
4	10.7	6:36	5:20
5	10.8	6:35	5:21
6	10.8	6:34	5:21
7	10.8	6:34	5:22
8	10.8	6:33	5:22
9	10.9	6:32	5:23
10	10.9	6:31	5:24
11	10.9	6:30	5:24
12	10.9	6:29	5:25
13	10.9	6:29	5:25
14	11.0	6:28	5:26
15	11.0	6:27	5:26
16	11.0	6:26	5:27
17	11.0	6:25	5:27
18	11.1	6:24	5:28
19	11.1	6:23	5:28
20	11.1	6:22	5:29
21	11.1	6:21	5:29
22	11.2	6:20	5:30
23	11.2	6:19	5:30
24	11.2	6:18	5:31
25	11.2	6:17	5:31
26	11.3	6:16	5:32
27	11.3	6:15	5:32
28	11.3	6:14	5:33
29	11.3	6:13	5:33
30	11.4	6:11	5:34
31	11.4	6:10	5:34

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.12 kWh/m² to a high of 6.7 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 4.44 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)	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.0	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Toowoomba

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Toowoomba?

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

7.9

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Toowoomba in August

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

In August, Toowoomba sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Toowoomba in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Toowoomba peaks around January 24 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 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	14	11	9	5	4	5	6	8	10	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	5	High
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Toowoomba?

Toowoomba sits at 27.6°S, 152.0°E, 599 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Warwick, 74 km away.

Topography around Toowoomba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Toowoomba has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 268 m around an average of 629 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 604 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,280 m.

The land around Toowoomba is covered by artificial surfaces (63%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and grassland (38%) within 16 km, and grassland (39%), trees (35%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

268 m

artificial surfaces 63%

16 km

604 m

trees 45%

80 km

1,280 m

grassland 39%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

August weather nearby: Warwick 74 km · Redbank Plains 90 km · Springfield Lakes 96 km · The Gap 98 km · Forest Lake 100 km · Albany Creek 103 km · Brisbane 106 km · Narangba 107 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 Toowoomba (-27.5606°, 151.9539°, elevation 599 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	19	5
2	19	5
3	19	5
4	19	5
5	20	5
6	20	5
7	20	5
8	20	5
9	20	5
10	20	5
11	20	5
12	20	5
13	20	6
14	20	6
15	20	6
16	20	6
17	20	6
18	20	6
19	20	6
20	20	6
21	20	7
22	20	7
23	21	7
24	21	7
25	21	7
26	21	7
27	21	7
28	21	8
29	21	8
30	21	8
31	21	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	86	14
5	87	13
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	89	11
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	81	19
21	80	20
22	79	21
23	78	22
24	77	23
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	74	26
30	75	25
31	75	25

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	94	6
31	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	86	14
5	87	13
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	89	11
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	81	19
21	80	20
22	79	21
23	78	22
24	77	23
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	74	26
30	75	25
31	75	25

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	94	6
31	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	86	14
5	87	13
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	89	11
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	81	19
21	80	20
22	79	21
23	78	22
24	77	23
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	74	26
30	75	25
31	75	25

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	94	6
31	94	6