Whyalla weather in August

In August, Whyalla sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 20 mm of rain across 5 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-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 40% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Whyalla's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Whyalla's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 20 mm; 5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 8:01 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 9th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

Whyalla is city in South Australia.

Air quality: Good; PM10 22.2 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded: 1901

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 Whyalla reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Whyalla 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	31° / 18°	20	2.6	13.9	5.3
Feb	31° / 18°	21	2	13.2	5.8
Mar	28° / 16°	13	2.3	12.3	7.2
Apr	25° / 13°	19	3	11.2	8.2
May	20° / 10°	19	3.8	10.3	7.4
Jun	17° / 8°	25	4.9	9.9	6.3
Jul	17° / 7°	19	4.2	10	6.3
Aug	19° / 7°	20	5	10.8	7.0
Sep	22° / 9°	28	4.7	11.8	7.7
Oct	25° / 12°	22	3.7	12.8	8.1
Nov	28° / 14°	24	3.7	13.7	7.2
Dec	30° / 16°	30	4.1	14.1	6.1

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 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%. 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 (%)	62	61	61	61	61	60	60	61	61	60	60	60	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	63	63	64	64	64	65	64	64	64	64	64	64
Cloudier (%)	38	39	39	39	39	40	40	39	39	40	40	40	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	37	37	36	36	36	35	36	36	36	36	36	36

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

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Whyalla gets around 20 mm of rain over 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 16% and peaks near 17% 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	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17

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

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 14 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)	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	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	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	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 24 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 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:15 AM to 7:42 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:57 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)	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	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	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	8:15	8:14	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:10	8:09	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:05	8:04	8:03	8:02	8:01	8:00	7:58	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:54	7:53	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:46	7:45	7:44	7:42
Sunset (PM)	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	8:15	6:36
2	10.4	8:14	6:37
3	10.4	8:14	6:38
4	10.4	8:13	6:38
5	10.5	8:12	6:39
6	10.5	8:11	6:40
7	10.5	8:10	6:41
8	10.5	8:09	6:41
9	10.6	8:08	6:42
10	10.6	8:07	6:43
11	10.6	8:06	6:43
12	10.7	8:05	6:44
13	10.7	8:04	6:45
14	10.7	8:03	6:46
15	10.7	8:02	6:46
16	10.8	8:01	6:47
17	10.8	8:00	6:48
18	10.8	7:58	6:48
19	10.9	7:57	6:49
20	10.9	7:56	6:50
21	10.9	7:55	6:50
22	11.0	7:54	6:51
23	11.0	7:53	6:52
24	11.0	7:51	6:52
25	11.1	7:50	6:53
26	11.1	7:49	6:54
27	11.1	7:48	6:55
28	11.2	7:46	6:55
29	11.2	7:45	6:56
30	11.2	7:44	6:57
31	11.2	7:42	6:57

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 2.45 kWh/m² to a high of 7.95 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)	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1
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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.0	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.2	Moderate
10	3.2	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.3	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	3.9	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	4.0	Moderate
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Whyalla

In seasonPeak

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

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

Cyclone

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Whyalla?

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

7.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

2.8

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Whyalla in August

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

In August, Whyalla sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Whyalla in August

The nearest coast averages about 13°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 23°C and coldest in August near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Nov 28 to Apr 16 — about 4.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	23	23	22	20	18	15	14	13	15	17	19	21
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	23	Refreshing
Feb	23	Refreshing
Mar	22	Refreshing
Apr	20	Refreshing
May	18	Cool
Jun	15	Cool
Jul	14	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	15	Bracing
Oct	17	Cool
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	21	Refreshing

UV index in Whyalla 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 Whyalla peaks around January 1 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 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	10	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	10	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 Whyalla?

Whyalla sits at 33.0°S, 137.6°E, 20 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Gawler, 206 km away.

Topography around Whyalla

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Whyalla has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 946 m.

The land around Whyalla is covered by artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, water (45%), grassland (26%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (33%) and water (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

63 m

artificial surfaces 32%

16 km

169 m

water 45%

80 km

946 m

grassland 33%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves

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

August weather nearby: Gawler 206 km · Paralowie 215 km · Parafield Gardens 217 km · Adelaide 231 km · Adelaide city centre 232 km · Adelaide Hills 234 km · Morphett Vale 249 km · Mount Barker 256 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 Whyalla (-33.0327°, 137.5648°, elevation 20 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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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