1,651
Higher than 98% of region (sa4) areas.
Average annual rainfall (mm), estimated from SILO gridded climate records, 2019–2023.
Sunshine Coast · Region (SA4)
Environment & Climate in Sunshine Coast
The local climate — how much rain the area gets and how warm or cool it tends to be.
Rainfall levels are among the highest for any similar area in the Sunshine Coast, which sees a yearly average of 1,651mm. This makes the region far wetter than the Queensland average. The climate is generally mild, though temperatures remain higher than most other areas.
1,651
- 0–63: 0 areas
- 63–125: 0 areas
- 125–188: 2 areas
- 188–250: 0 areas
- 250–313: 1 area
- 313–375: 5 areas
- 375–438: 4 areas
- 438–500: 2 areas
- 500–563: 5 areas
- 563–625: 4 areas
- 625–688: 10 areas
- 688–750: 6 areas
- 750–813: 4 areas
- 813–875: 1 area
- 875–938: 6 areas
- 938–1,000: 6 areas
- 1,000–1,063: 2 areas
- 1,063–1,125: 3 areas
- 1,125–1,188: 4 areas
- 1,188–1,250: 6 areas
- 1,250–1,313: 3 areas
- 1,313–1,375: 1 area
- 1,375–1,438: 6 areas
- 1,438–1,500: 2 areas
- 1,500–1,563: 1 area
- 1,563–1,625: 0 areas
- 1,625–1,688: 2 areas
- 1,688–1,750: 2 areas
All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Sunshine Coast — higher than 98% of areas.
| Sunshine Coast | 1,651 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 377 |
| Queensland | 379 |
Climate
Average rainfall and temperature.
The average maximum temperature of 25.8 degrees is higher than most areas, while the usual minimum of 14.9 degrees is much higher than most. Compared to the state average, the maximum is well below 33.1 degrees.
25.8
Higher than 69% of region (sa4) areas.
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
14.9
Higher than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
Mean daily minimum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
Sources
- SILO gridded climate data — Queensland Government (Long Paddock), 2019–2023 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Environment & Climate in Sunshine Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/316/sunshine-coast/topic/environment-climate