Wangaratta weather in August

In August, Wangaratta sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 62 mm of rain across 9.6 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of August to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Wangaratta's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wangaratta's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 62 mm; 9.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 8:01 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 10th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Wangaratta is city in Victoria, 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 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical August day in Wangaratta reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

Wangaratta weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 17°	42	4.6	14.2	5.4
Feb	30° / 16°	41	4	13.4	6.0
Mar	27° / 14°	37	3.7	12.3	7.8
Apr	22° / 10°	38	4.5	11.1	7.7
May	17° / 7°	47	6.3	10.1	6.0
Jun	14° / 5°	59	8.7	9.6	4.1
Jul	13° / 4°	60	10	9.8	3.5
Aug	14° / 4°	62	9.6	10.6	4.3
Sep	17° / 6°	62	8	11.8	5.8
Oct	21° / 8°	55	6.9	12.9	7.1
Nov	25° / 12°	57	6.1	13.9	7.5
Dec	28° / 14°	55	5.7	14.4	6.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%. 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 (%)	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	46	46	46	45	46	46	47	48	48	49	50	51	51	53	53	54	55	55	55	56	56	57	56	56
Cloudier (%)	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	54	54	54	55	54	54	53	52	52	51	50	49	49	47	47	46	45	45	45	44	44	43	44	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	49	51
18	50	50
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	57	43
30	56	44
31	56	44

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Wangaratta gets around 62 mm of rain over 9.6 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 31% and peaks near 33% 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 (%)	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	32
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	33
10	32
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	32
17	31
18	31
19	30
20	30
21	30
22	29
23	29
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	29
31	29

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	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	0	0	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	100	0
26	100	0
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
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12	11	calm
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14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
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29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 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 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:17 AM to 7:40 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:49 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)	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	8:17	8:16	8:15	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:10	8:09	8:08	8:07	8:05	8:04	8:03	8:02	8:01	7:59	7:58	7:57	7:56	7:54	7:53	7:52	7:50	7:49	7:47	7:46	7:45	7:43	7:42	7:40
Sunset (PM)	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	8:17	6:25
2	10.2	8:16	6:25
3	10.2	8:15	6:26
4	10.2	8:14	6:27
5	10.2	8:13	6:28
6	10.3	8:12	6:29
7	10.3	8:11	6:30
8	10.3	8:10	6:30
9	10.4	8:09	6:31
10	10.4	8:08	6:32
11	10.4	8:07	6:33
12	10.5	8:05	6:34
13	10.5	8:04	6:34
14	10.5	8:03	6:35
15	10.6	8:02	6:36
16	10.6	8:01	6:37
17	10.6	7:59	6:38
18	10.7	7:58	6:39
19	10.7	7:57	6:39
20	10.7	7:56	6:40
21	10.8	7:54	6:41
22	10.8	7:53	6:42
23	10.9	7:52	6:43
24	10.9	7:50	6:44
25	10.9	7:49	6:44
26	11.0	7:47	6:45
27	11.0	7:46	6:46
28	11.0	7:45	6:47
29	11.1	7:43	6:48
30	11.1	7:42	6:48
31	11.2	7:40	6:49

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.98 kWh/m² to a high of 7.82 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 3 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)	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7
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	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.5	Moderate
2	2.5	Moderate
3	2.5	Moderate
4	2.5	Moderate
5	2.5	Moderate
6	2.6	Moderate
7	2.6	Moderate
8	2.6	Moderate
9	2.7	Moderate
10	2.7	Moderate
11	2.7	Moderate
12	2.8	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	3.1	Moderate
19	3.1	Moderate
20	3.2	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.4	Moderate
25	3.4	Moderate
26	3.5	Moderate
27	3.5	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.6	Moderate
30	3.6	Moderate
31	3.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Wangaratta?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Wangaratta for sightseeing.

What to pack for Wangaratta in August

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

In August, Wangaratta sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Wangaratta 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 Wangaratta peaks around December 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	11	9	5	3	2	3	4	5	8	10	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	5	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Wangaratta in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Wangaratta is worst in April — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 7.3× the cleanest month (July, 3 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	14	5	9	25	9	4	3	4	6	6	6	6
Level	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	5	Good
Mar	9	Good
Apr	25	Moderate
May	9	Good
Jun	4	Good
Jul	3	Good
Aug	4	Good
Sep	6	Good
Oct	6	Good
Nov	6	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Wangaratta?

Wangaratta sits at 36.4°S, 146.3°E, 151 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Wodonga, 57 km away.

Topography around Wangaratta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wangaratta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 148 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 375 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,562 m.

The land around Wangaratta is covered by trees (36%), grassland (31%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, grassland (66%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%), trees (32%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

25 m

trees 36%

16 km

375 m

grassland 66%

80 km

1,562 m

grassland 40%

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

August weather nearby: Wodonga 57 km · Shepparton 83 km · Echuca 143 km · Wallan 168 km · Doreen 173 km · Mernda 176 km · Lilydale 177 km · Wollert 178 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 Wangaratta (-36.3585°, 146.3206°, elevation 151 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	14	4
11	14	4
12	14	4
13	14	4
14	14	4
15	14	4
16	14	4
17	14	4
18	14	4
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	15	4
22	15	4
23	15	4
24	15	5
25	15	5
26	15	5
27	15	5
28	15	5
29	15	5
30	16	5
31	16	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	49	51
18	50	50
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	57	43
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	32
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	33
10	32
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	32
17	31
18	31
19	30
20	30
21	30
22	29
23	29
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	29
31	29

	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	100	0
26	100	0
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	49	51
18	50	50
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	57	43
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	32
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	33
10	32
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	32
17	31
18	31
19	30
20	30
21	30
22	29
23	29
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	29
31	29

	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	100	0
26	100	0
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	49	51
18	50	50
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	57	43
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	32
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	33
10	32
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	32
17	31
18	31
19	30
20	30
21	30
22	29
23	29
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	29
31	29

	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	100	0
26	100	0
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1