Gisborne weather in August

In August, Gisborne sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 82 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 hours at the start of August to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Gisborne's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gisborne's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 82 mm; 12.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 7:58 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 2.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Gisborne is city in New Zealand.

Density: 992/km²; people per km²

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month.

A typical August day in Gisborne reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°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	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
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8

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

Gisborne weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 16°	63	7.5	14.4	7.1
Feb	22° / 16°	57	7.6	13.5	6.9
Mar	21° / 14°	72	8.4	12.3	6.7
Apr	19° / 12°	75	9.3	11	6.1
May	16° / 10°	74	9.7	9.9	5.3
Jun	14° / 8°	88	10.7	9.4	4.1
Jul	13° / 8°	98	12.1	9.6	3.5
Aug	14° / 7°	82	12.1	10.5	3.8
Sep	15° / 9°	70	10.5	11.7	4.6
Oct	17° / 10°	66	9.7	13	5.6
Nov	19° / 12°	57	9.1	14.1	6.2
Dec	21° / 14°	63	9.7	14.7	6.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%.

	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 (%)	52	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	54	54	54	55	55	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	58	57	57	57	56	57	56	55	55
Cloudier (%)	48	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	46	46	46	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	43	43	43	44	43	44	45	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	56	44
28	57	43
29	56	44
30	55	45
31	55	45

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Gisborne gets around 82 mm of rain over 12.1 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 38% and peaks near 41% 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 (%)	38	38	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	39
4	39
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	38
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	35
30	35
31	35

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

Wind in August

Winds average 16 km/h in August.

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 hours at the start of August to 11 h 06 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 8:15 AM to 7:36 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:40 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)	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	8:15	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:10	8:09	8:08	8:06	8:05	8:04	8:03	8:02	8:00	7:59	7:58	7:56	7:55	7:54	7:52	7:51	7:49	7:48	7:46	7:45	7:43	7:42	7:40	7:39	7:37	7:36
Sunset (PM)	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	8:15	6:13
2	10.0	8:14	6:14
3	10.0	8:13	6:15
4	10.1	8:12	6:16
5	10.1	8:11	6:17
6	10.1	8:10	6:17
7	10.2	8:09	6:18
8	10.2	8:08	6:19
9	10.2	8:06	6:20
10	10.3	8:05	6:21
11	10.3	8:04	6:22
12	10.3	8:03	6:23
13	10.4	8:02	6:24
14	10.4	8:00	6:25
15	10.4	7:59	6:26
16	10.5	7:58	6:27
17	10.5	7:56	6:27
18	10.6	7:55	6:28
19	10.6	7:54	6:29
20	10.6	7:52	6:30
21	10.7	7:51	6:31
22	10.7	7:49	6:32
23	10.8	7:48	6:33
24	10.8	7:46	6:34
25	10.8	7:45	6:35
26	10.9	7:43	6:36
27	10.9	7:42	6:37
28	11.0	7:40	6:38
29	11.0	7:39	6:38
30	11.0	7:37	6:39
31	11.1	7:36	6:40

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 2.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.87 kWh/m² to a high of 7.07 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 2.88 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)	2.4	2.4	2.4	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	2.9	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
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	2.4	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.4	Moderate
4	2.5	Moderate
5	2.5	Moderate
6	2.5	Moderate
7	2.6	Moderate
8	2.6	Moderate
9	2.6	Moderate
10	2.7	Moderate
11	2.7	Moderate
12	2.7	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.8	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	3.0	Moderate
20	3.0	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.1	Moderate
23	3.1	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.2	Moderate
26	3.3	Moderate
27	3.3	Moderate
28	3.3	Moderate
29	3.4	Moderate
30	3.4	Moderate
31	3.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Gisborne?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gisborne.

What to pack for Gisborne in August

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

In August, Gisborne sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Gisborne in August

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 20°C and coldest in August near 14°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	19	20	19	18	17	15	14	14	14	15	16	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	19	Cool
Feb	20	Cool
Mar	19	Cool
Apr	18	Cool
May	17	Cool
Jun	15	Cool
Jul	14	Bracing
Aug	14	Bracing
Sep	14	Bracing
Oct	15	Bracing
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Gisborne in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gisborne peaks around December 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 2 (low).

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	7	5	3	2	2	3	5	7	10	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	5	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	7	High
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Gisborne?

Gisborne sits at 38.7°S, 178.0°E, 10 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Whakatane, 118 km away.

Topography around Gisborne

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gisborne has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m around an average of 17 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 474 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,632 m.

The land around Gisborne is covered by grassland (42%), artificial surfaces (22%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, grassland (37%), water (31%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and water (37%), trees (35%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

230 m

grassland 42%

16 km

474 m

grassland 37%

80 km

1,632 m

water 37%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

August weather nearby: Whakatane 118 km · Napier 133 km · Hastings 148 km · Rotorua 164 km · Taupo 167 km · Tauranga 193 km · Cambridge 240 km · Hamilton East 256 km

New Zealand travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 86% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $49,591; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.5; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 9.6; 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 Gisborne (-38.6533°, 178.0042°, elevation 10 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. 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	13	8
2	13	8
3	13	8
4	13	8
5	14	8
6	14	8
7	14	8
8	14	8
9	14	7
10	14	7
11	14	7
12	14	7
13	14	7
14	14	7
15	14	7
16	14	7
17	14	7
18	14	7
19	14	7
20	14	7
21	14	7
22	14	7
23	14	7
24	14	7
25	14	7
26	14	7
27	14	7
28	14	8
29	14	8
30	14	8
31	14	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	56	44
28	57	43
29	56	44
30	55	45
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	39
4	39
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	38
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	35
30	35
31	35

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	56	44
28	57	43
29	56	44
30	55	45
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	39
4	39
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	38
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	35
30	35
31	35

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	56	44
28	57	43
29	56	44
30	55	45
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	39
4	39
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	38
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	35
30	35
31	35

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