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Best time to visit Sunshine Coast

August is the best time to visit Sunshine Coast for general sightseeing, with average highs of 21 °C and about 5 wet days. The comfortable season runs roughly May to October.

It depends what you are going for

One month rarely wins on everything. These are the best months on each measure taken on its own.

If you want Best month On that measure
Sightseeing and walking August comfort 97/100
A beach holiday November sea 24 °C
The least cloud August 28 % average cloud cover
The least rain July 37 mm
Warmth January 28 °C
Cooler weather July 19 °C

Ranked by comfort

# Month Comfort / 100 Avg high Wet days Beach
1 August 97 21 °C 5 69
2 September 95 23 °C 6 76
3 July 93 19 °C 6 63
4 June 89 20 °C 8 63
5 May 89 22 °C 10 70
6 October 89 25 °C 8 81
7 April 83 24 °C 12 75
8 November 81 26 °C 10 84
9 December 72 27 °C 12 81
10 March 70 26 °C 15 74
11 February 66 27 °C 15 75
12 January 66 28 °C 15 76

For a beach holiday

November scores highest, with a sea temperature of 24 °C and air temperatures around 26 °C. The sea never reaches 20 °C here.

Month Sea Air Sunshine Beach score
January 26 °C 28 °C 57 % 76
February 27 °C 27 °C 58 % 75
March 26 °C 26 °C 51 % 74
April 25 °C 24 °C 46 % 75
May 24 °C 22 °C 44 % 70
June 22 °C 20 °C 41 % 63
July 21 °C 19 °C 33 % 63
August 21 °C 21 °C 28 % 69
September 21 °C 23 °C 31 % 76
October 22 °C 25 °C 42 % 81
November 24 °C 26 °C 49 % 84
December 25 °C 27 °C 54 % 81

When to think twice

January scores lowest with about 15 wet days and highs near 28 °C. That does not make it a bad month — it depends entirely on what you are travelling for. The numbers are all here; the judgement is yours.

The full year

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 %

Data sources and method

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

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: comfort score, beach score, season boundaries. 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.