Brisbane and Gold Coast have similar daytime temperatures, Brisbane has 1.7°C (3.1°F) warmer nights, and both get similar annual rainfall.
Brisbane is at its warmest in January and coolest in July, while Gold Coast peaks in January and bottoms out in July. Month for month, Brisbane is the warmer of the two in 12 of 12 months.
Both collect a similar amount of rain over the year — 1,179 mm (46.4 in) in Brisbane and 1,227 mm (48.3 in) in Gold Coast. The most comfortable time to visit is April, May and October in Brisbane and April, October and November in Gold Coast.
| Brisbane | Metric | Gold Coast |
|---|---|---|
| 🌡️ Temperature | ||
| 24.7°C | 🌡️Average daytime high | 24.9°C |
| 17.6°C | 🌙Average nighttime low | 15.9°C |
| January | 🔥Hottest month | January |
| July | ❄️Coldest month | July |
| 🌧️ Rain | ||
| 1,179 mm | 🌧️Annual rainfall | 1,227 mm |
| February | ☔Wettest month | February |
| September | 🏜️Driest month | September |
| 💨 Climate | ||
| 72% | 💧Average humidity | 72% |
| 3.5 m/s | 💨Average wind speed | 3.1 m/s |
Overnight, Brisbane typically falls to around 17.6°C (63.7°F) while Gold Coast settles near 15.9°C (60.6°F).
Brisbane is hottest in January and coldest in July, whereas Gold Coast peaks in January and is coolest in July.
Brisbane sees the most rain in February and the least in September; Gold Coast is wettest in February and driest in September.
Gold Coast feels the more humid of the two, averaging 72% relative humidity against 72%.
For Gold Coast, the pick of the year is April, October and November.
Month by month, here is the coldest night, the average day and the hottest afternoon each city can expect. Switch Compare to read rainfall, humidity, wind or solar instead, and Period to move between the long-term 45-year average and any single year — the shading is a quick warm-to-cool guide.
| Month | Brisbane | Gold Coast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Avg | Max | Min | Avg | Max | |
| January | 22.2 | 25.5🔥 | 28.8 | 21 | 25.2🔥 | 29.5 |
| February | 22.2 | 25.3 | 28.3 | 20.9 | 24.8 | 28.7 |
| March | 21.2 | 24.1 | 27.1 | 19.6 | 23.5 | 27.3 |
| April | 18.9 | 21.9 | 25 | 17.1 | 21 | 24.9 |
| May | 16 | 19.3 | 22.5 | 14 | 18.1 | 22.2 |
| June | 13.2 | 16.7 | 20.1 | 11.1 | 15.4 | 19.6 |
| July | 12.1 | 15.9❄️ | 19.7 | 9.9 | 14.6❄️ | 19.3 |
| August | 12.7 | 16.8 | 20.9 | 10.6 | 15.7 | 20.9 |
| September | 15 | 19.3 | 23.6 | 13.3 | 18.7 | 24 |
| October | 17.4 | 21.5 | 25.6 | 15.9 | 21.1 | 26.3 |
| November | 19.4 | 23.1 | 26.9 | 18 | 22.8 | 27.7 |
| December | 21.1 | 24.6 | 28.2 | 19.8 | 24.4 | 29 |
| Annual Avg | 17.6 | 21.2 | 24.7 | 15.9 | 20.4 | 25 |
Min / mean / max temperature (°C). 🔥 marks each city's hottest month, ❄️ its coldest; shading runs cool blue to warm red.
The same figures plotted out, so the shape of a typical year is easier to see than in a grid. Where the two lines run close together Brisbane and Gold Coast feel alike; where they separate, they are genuinely different places to be.
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Quick answers to the questions people ask most when comparing Brisbane and Gold Coast — each drawn straight from the climate figures above.
Brisbane and Gold Coast are about equally warm. Daytime highs average 24.7°C (76.5°F) in Brisbane and 24.9°C (76.8°F) in Gold Coast, so neither is clearly the warmer choice over the year. Nights are milder in Brisbane, with average lows of 17.6°C (63.7°F) versus 15.9°C (60.6°F).
Brisbane is hottest in January, averaging highs of about 28.8°C (83.8°F), while Gold Coast peaks in January at around 29.5°C (85.1°F). That makes Gold Coast the hotter of the two at the height of summer.
Gold Coast gets colder. In its coldest month (July) overnight lows average about 9.9°C (49.8°F), compared with 12.1°C (53.8°F) at the low point of the year in Brisbane.
They get a similar amount of rain over a year — about 1,179 mm (46.4 in) in Brisbane and 1,227 mm (48.3 in) in Gold Coast. Brisbane is wettest in February and driest in September; Gold Coast is wettest in February and driest in September.
Humidity is similar in both, averaging around 72% in Brisbane and 72% in Gold Coast across the year.
The most comfortable months in Brisbane are April, May and October, when average temperatures are at their mildest.
Gold Coast is at its most pleasant around April, October and November, based on the mildest average temperatures of the year.
Brisbane is the warmer city in all 12 months of the year. The gap is widest in July, about 1.3°C (2.3°F), and narrowest in December, about 0.2°C (0.4°F).
Gold Coast has the bigger seasonal swing, about 10.6°C (19.1°F) between its coldest and hottest months versus 9.6°C (17.3°F) in Brisbane — so Brisbane has the steadier, more even climate.
Every figure on this page is calculated from NASA POWER satellite climate data spanning 1981–2025 (45 years). The averages describe the long-term climate of Brisbane and Gold Coast, not a single year's weather or a short-range forecast.
