Flying Fish Cove weather in August

In August, Flying Fish Cove sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 23 mm of rain across 6.4 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Flying Fish Cove's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Flying Fish Cove's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
11th warmest
Overnight low
25°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
23 mm
6.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:12 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover
48%
1st clearest
Wind
29 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.5
out of 10

Flying Fish Cove is capital city and main settlement of Australia's Christmas Island.

Founded
1888

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 26°C through the month.

A typical August day in Flying Fish Cove reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 1°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Flying Fish Cove

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.

Flying Fish Cove weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 26°18618.312.55.1
Feb28° / 26°20219.512.34.6
Mar28° / 26°21721.712.14.6
Apr28° / 27°16720.111.84.6
May28° / 27°9315.711.55.6
Jun27° / 26°8713.211.46.1
Jul26° / 25°5210.811.56.7
Aug26° / 25°236.411.77.5
Sep26° / 25°224.511.97.7
Oct26° / 25°415.212.27.4
Nov27° / 26°768.812.56.6
Dec27° / 26°13313.512.65.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Flying Fish Cove gets around 23 mm of rain over 6.4 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 20% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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2340552
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Wind in August

Winds average 29 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 29 km/h on the calmest days to 30 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
129windy
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3129breezy

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 5:49 PM to 5:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:175:49
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411.66:165:50
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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 5.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.67 kWh/m² to a high of 6.53 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.57 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Flying Fish Cove

In seasonPeak

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

Flying Fish Cove sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Flying Fish Cove's rainy season runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone
Rainy season
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Feb
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Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Flying Fish Cove?

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

7.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Flying Fish Cove for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Flying Fish Cove in August

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

In August, Flying Fish Cove sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 25°C. Pack a windbreaker. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

a windbreakerlight clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Flying Fish Cove in August

The nearest coast averages about 26°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 April at about 29°C and coldest in September near 26°C.

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

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Tropical
Jul27Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Flying Fish Cove in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Flying Fish Cove peaks around February 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 22UV 15Jun 17UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Flying Fish Cove?

Flying Fish Cove sits at 10.4°S, 105.7°E, 135 m above sea level, in Christmas Island. The nearest listed city is Pelabuhanratu, 394 km away.

Topography around Flying Fish Cove

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Flying Fish Cove has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 332 m around an average of 95 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 366 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 361 m.

The land around Flying Fish Cove is covered by water (54%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, water (84%) within 16 km, and water (97%) within 80 km.

3 km
332 m
16 km
366 m
80 km
361 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Pelabuhanratu 394 km · Banjar 407 km · Sukabumi 413 km · Leuwiliang 419 km · Cicurug 423 km · Soreang 428 km · Banjaran 430 km · Garut 431 km

Christmas Island travel facts

Religion
Muslim 19%Buddhist 18%none 15%Roman Catholic 9%

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 Flying Fish Cove (-10.4217°, 105.6791°, elevation 135 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).