Adelaide Weather in August
Adelaide in August
The short of it: Adelaide in August averages a high of 16 °C (62 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 10 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 8° · rain 58 mm · daylight 10 h 50 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
August in Adelaide brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 8°, with about 58 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 16°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 50 min in mid-August, 48 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and October.
Against its neighbours, Adelaide runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Adelaide city centre, 0 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
August in Adelaide, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 11 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide city centreSouth Australia | 0 km E | 16° | 8° | 58 mm |
| North AdelaideSouth Australia | 2 km NNW | 17° | 8° | 57 mm |
| NorwoodSouth Australia | 3 km E | 16° | 8° | 68 mm |
| ProspectSouth Australia | 5 km N | 17° | 8° | 57 mm |
| LockleysSouth Australia | 6 km W | 16° | 8° | 51 mm |
| KlemzigSouth Australia | 6 km NNE | 16° | 8° | 61 mm |
| FindonSouth Australia | 7 km WNW | 16° | 8° | 51 mm |
| MagillSouth Australia | 7 km ENE | 15° | 7° | 76 mm |