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Gold Coast, Queensland climate

Cfa Humid subtropical

Gold Coast has a mildly seasonal warm-temperate climate (Humid subtropical, Köppen Cfa). The hottest month is January with an average daily high near 84°F, while the coldest is July averaging around 54°F at night. Precipitation totals about 50 inches a year and is strongly seasonal — February alone averages 6.9 inches while September barely receives 1.63 inches.

☀️ Summers

Warm

Highs near 84°F in January.

About 9 days a year above 90 °F

❄️ Winters

Mild

Lows near 54°F in July.

🌧️ Rain

Wet

About 50 in of rain a year.

Wettest in February

⛅ Sky & trend

Partly cloudy

A roughly even mix of sun and cloud.

+1.0 °F vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Gold Coast climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	84	84	82	79	75	71	70	72	75	78	80	82
Avg temp (°F)	78	78	76	72	67	63	62	63	67	70	73	76
Avg low (°F)	71	71	70	65	60	56	54	54	59	62	66	69
Precipitation (in)	5.5	6.9	5.3	4.7	4.0	4.5	2.1	2.2	1.6	3.3	4.1	5.5

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	84	84	82	79	75	71
Avg temp (°F)	78	78	76	72	67	63
Avg low (°F)	71	71	70	65	60	56
Precipitation (in)	5.5	6.9	5.3	4.7	4.0	4.5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	70	72	75	78	80	82
Avg temp (°F)	62	63	67	70	73	76
Avg low (°F)	54	54	59	62	66	69
Precipitation (in)	2.1	2.2	1.6	3.3	4.1	5.5

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	12	13	14	11	10	10	8	6	8	9	10	12
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	3	2	1	0.1	—	—	—	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.8	2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	12	13	14	11	10	10
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	3	2	1	0.1	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	8	6	8	9	10	12
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	—	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.8	2

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	57	57	53	48	49	48	40	35	36	47	53	55
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	6	6	8	9	10	10	14	16	15	11	8	8
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	13	12	14	13	12	11	10	10	10	12	12	12
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	11	10	10	8	9	9	7	5	5	8	10	11
Relative humidity (%)	71	74	75	74	74	76	73	69	67	67	68	70
Wind speed (mph)	7.9	7.9	7.4	6.7	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.4	6.8	7.5	7.7	7.9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	57	57	53	48	49	48
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	6	6	8	9	10	10
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	13	12	14	13	12	11
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	11	10	10	8	9	9
Relative humidity (%)	71	74	75	74	74	76
Wind speed (mph)	7.9	7.9	7.4	6.7	6.2	6.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	40	35	36	47	53	55
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	14	16	15	11	8	8
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	10	10	10	12	12	12
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	7	5	5	8	10	11
Relative humidity (%)	73	69	67	67	68	70
Wind speed (mph)	6.1	6.4	6.8	7.5	7.7	7.9

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 28 years of daily observations at Gold Coast Seaway, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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