Sunshine Coast climate

Name: Sunshine Coast
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Sunshine Coast is warmest in January, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 12 °C. February is the wettest month (153 mm) and July the driest (37 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sunshine Coast averages 1,027 mm of rain and 140 days above 25 °C.

Australia · population 398,840 · 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 28 °C
Coldest month July 12 °C
Driest month July 37 mm
Wettest month February 153 mm
Least cloud August 28 % cloud
Hottest on record January 38 °C
Coldest on record June 6.4 °C
Warmest sea February 27 °C

What to expectSunshine Coast through the year

Sunshine Coast has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in July to 28 °C in January, a swing of 8.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 140 days a year reach 25 °C, 20 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. February averages 153 mm against 37 mm in July — 4.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Sunshine 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	27.5 °C	128 mm	57 %
February	27.0 °C	153 mm	58 %
March	26.0 °C	123 mm	51 %
April	24.0 °C	74 mm	46 %
May	21.7 °C	78 mm	44 %
June	19.7 °C	65 mm	41 %
July	19.5 °C	37 mm	33 %
August	20.8 °C	43 mm	28 %
September	23.2 °C	41 mm	31 %
October	24.5 °C	79 mm	42 %
November	26.0 °C	85 mm	49 %
December	27.1 °C	121 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	27.5 °C	22.1 °C	24.4 °C	38.1 °C	17.6 °C	27	5
February	27.0 °C	22.0 °C	24.2 °C	36.9 °C	16.6 °C	23	3
March	26.0 °C	20.9 °C	23.2 °C	33.5 °C	15.3 °C	20	2
April	24.0 °C	18.5 °C	21.0 °C	30.9 °C	12.3 °C	8	0
May	21.7 °C	15.7 °C	18.4 °C	28.4 °C	7.7 °C	1	0
June	19.7 °C	13.5 °C	16.3 °C	25.7 °C	6.4 °C	0	0
July	19.5 °C	12.5 °C	15.6 °C	26.1 °C	6.7 °C	0	0
August	20.8 °C	13.0 °C	16.5 °C	31.7 °C	6.8 °C	2	0
September	23.2 °C	15.3 °C	18.8 °C	34.5 °C	8.5 °C	7	1
October	24.5 °C	17.5 °C	20.6 °C	33.8 °C	11.2 °C	12	1
November	26.0 °C	19.4 °C	22.2 °C	36.4 °C	13.9 °C	17	3
December	27.1 °C	21.0 °C	23.7 °C	37.9 °C	15.9 °C	23	5

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	128 mm	15	14 h/day	57 %	77 %	16 km/h	26.0 °C
February	153 mm	15	13 h/day	58 %	79 %	16 km/h	26.5 °C
March	123 mm	15	12 h/day	51 %	78 %	16 km/h	26.0 °C
April	74 mm	12	11 h/day	46 %	77 %	14 km/h	25.0 °C
May	78 mm	10	11 h/day	44 %	76 %	13 km/h	23.5 °C
June	65 mm	8	10 h/day	41 %	75 %	13 km/h	22.0 °C
July	37 mm	6	11 h/day	33 %	71 %	14 km/h	20.8 °C
August	43 mm	5	11 h/day	28 %	68 %	14 km/h	20.5 °C
September	41 mm	6	12 h/day	31 %	70 %	15 km/h	21.3 °C
October	79 mm	8	13 h/day	42 %	72 %	16 km/h	22.4 °C
November	85 mm	10	13 h/day	49 %	73 %	16 km/h	23.7 °C
December	121 mm	12	14 h/day	54 %	75 %	16 km/h	25.0 °C

How Sunshine 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
Sunshine Coast	28 °C	12 °C	1,027 mm	140
Brisbane · Australia	29 °C	10 °C	861 mm	175
Logan City · Australia	29 °C	10 °C	788 mm	166
Gold Coast · Australia	27 °C	13 °C	924 mm	122

Where Sunshine Coast ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in the world in August	11th of 50	97/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Sunshine Coast’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sunshine Coast?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, September, 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 Sunshine Coast get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 20 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 12 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Sunshine Coast?

February, averaging 153 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is July with 37 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,027 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 Sunshine 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
Data point: -26.657°, 153.080° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.