Gold Coast climate

Name: Gold Coast
Address: AU

Gold Coast is warmest in January, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 13 °C. February is the wettest month (138 mm) and July the driest (33 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Gold Coast averages 924 mm of rain and 122 days above 25 °C.

Australia · population 640,778 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month January 27 °C
Coldest month July 13 °C
Driest month July 33 mm
Wettest month February 138 mm
Least cloud August 26 % cloud
Hottest on record February 37 °C
Coldest on record July 7.6 °C
Warmest sea February 27 °C

What to expectGold Coast through the year

Gold Coast has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in July to 27 °C in January, a swing of 8.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 122 days a year reach 25 °C, 9 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. February averages 138 mm against 33 mm in July — 4.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Gold Coast is warmest in February at 27 °C and coldest in August at 21 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.0 °C	129 mm	55 %
February	26.6 °C	138 mm	55 %
March	25.7 °C	96 mm	48 %
April	23.8 °C	50 mm	42 %
May	21.6 °C	67 mm	42 %
June	19.6 °C	69 mm	40 %
July	19.3 °C	33 mm	31 %
August	20.3 °C	37 mm	26 %
September	22.4 °C	37 mm	31 %
October	23.6 °C	72 mm	42 %
November	25.1 °C	79 mm	49 %
December	26.3 °C	118 mm	54 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.0 °C	22.1 °C	24.2 °C	34.9 °C	18.1 °C	26	3
February	26.6 °C	22.0 °C	24.0 °C	36.6 °C	16.6 °C	22	2
March	25.7 °C	20.9 °C	23.0 °C	35.2 °C	14.2 °C	18	1
April	23.8 °C	18.7 °C	21.0 °C	31.4 °C	12.6 °C	7	0
May	21.6 °C	16.2 °C	18.6 °C	27.2 °C	8.2 °C	1	0
June	19.6 °C	14.1 °C	16.6 °C	25.3 °C	8.0 °C	0	0
July	19.3 °C	13.0 °C	15.9 °C	25.6 °C	7.6 °C	0	0
August	20.3 °C	13.5 °C	16.6 °C	30.1 °C	8.4 °C	1	0
September	22.4 °C	15.5 °C	18.6 °C	32.4 °C	9.9 °C	4	0
October	23.6 °C	17.5 °C	20.2 °C	32.3 °C	11.4 °C	9	0
November	25.1 °C	19.3 °C	21.8 °C	34.1 °C	14.1 °C	14	1
December	26.3 °C	20.9 °C	23.3 °C	35.2 °C	16.8 °C	21	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	129 mm	13	14 h/day	55 %	77 %	18 km/h	26.1 °C
February	138 mm	13	13 h/day	55 %	78 %	18 km/h	26.5 °C
March	96 mm	13	12 h/day	48 %	77 %	18 km/h	26.2 °C
April	50 mm	9	11 h/day	42 %	76 %	16 km/h	25.3 °C
May	67 mm	8	11 h/day	42 %	74 %	15 km/h	23.8 °C
June	69 mm	6	10 h/day	40 %	74 %	15 km/h	22.5 °C
July	33 mm	4	11 h/day	31 %	71 %	15 km/h	21.4 °C
August	37 mm	4	11 h/day	26 %	68 %	16 km/h	21.0 °C
September	37 mm	5	12 h/day	31 %	71 %	17 km/h	21.4 °C
October	72 mm	9	13 h/day	42 %	73 %	18 km/h	22.5 °C
November	79 mm	10	14 h/day	49 %	74 %	18 km/h	23.7 °C
December	118 mm	12	14 h/day	54 %	75 %	18 km/h	25.0 °C

How Gold Coast compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Gold Coast	27 °C	13 °C	924 mm	122
Logan City · Australia	29 °C	10 °C	788 mm	166
Brisbane · Australia	29 °C	10 °C	861 mm	175
Sunshine Coast · Australia	28 °C	12 °C	1,027 mm	140

Where Gold Coast ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in the world in August	18thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in September	46thof 50	95/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Gold Coast.

QuestionsCommon questions about Gold Coast’s climate

When is the best time to visit Gold Coast?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, January is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Gold Coast get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 9 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 13 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Gold Coast?

February, averaging 138 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is July with 33 mm. The year as a whole averages 924 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Gold Coast rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.