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Sunshine Coast Weather Today

Live rain radar, current conditions, an hour-by-hour outlook and a seven-day forecast for Sunshine Coast, with original writing about the city's climate from The Daily Sunshine Coast.

Today's briefing

**Weather for Sunshine Coast** It's a chilly 14 degrees this morning on the Coast, and we're in for a thoroughly wet day with an 88% chance of rain as a system moves through the region. Temperatures will reach just 20 degrees today, so don't expect much warmth despite the UV index sitting at 4. Grab a waterproof jacket and comfortable enclosed shoes, as you'll want protection from both the rain and the cooler southerly breeze at 11 km/h. The soggy weather looks set to stick around the weekend too, with Saturday reaching 20 degrees under 87% rain chances, and Sunday even wetter at 90% rain probability with a top of 19 degrees.

17°

Partly cloudy · feels like 17°

Today
19° / 13°
Humidity
79%
Wind
14 km/h S
UV index
4 · Moderate
Sunrise
6:36 am
Sunset
5:05 pm
Updated
10:00 am

Next 24 hours

  1. Now

    17°

    29%

  2. 11am

    18°

    44%

  3. 12pm

    19°

    64%

  4. 1pm

    17°

    80%

  5. 2pm

    17°

    89%

  6. 3pm

    17°

    93%

  7. 4pm

    16°

    94%

  8. 5pm

    16°

    91%

  9. 6pm

    15°

    85%

  10. 7pm

    14°

    78%

  11. 8pm

    14°

    72%

  12. 9pm

    14°

    65%

  13. 10pm

    14°

    57%

  14. 11pm

    13°

    47%

  15. 12am

    13°

    37%

  16. 1am

    13°

    27%

  17. 2am

    13°

    19%

  18. 3am

    13°

    12%

  19. 4am

    13°

    8%

  20. 5am

    13°

    8%

  21. 6am

    12°

    10%

  22. 7am

    12°

    12%

  23. 8am

    14°

    9%

  24. 9am

    16°

    6%

Live rain radar

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Animated rain radar via RainViewer (Bureau of Meteorology sources). Full BOM radar loop.

Seven-day forecast

  1. Sun

    Drizzle

    19° 13°

    Rain 94%

  2. Mon

    Drizzle

    21° 12°

    Rain 81%

  3. Tue

    Showers

    21° 14°

    Rain 61%

  4. Wed

    Clear

    22° 12°

    Rain 16%

  5. Thu

    Drizzle

    24° 14°

    Rain 16%

  6. Fri

    Overcast

    24° 14°

    Rain 25%

  7. Sat

    Partly cloudy

    19° 15°

    Rain 14%

Air quality

23

Good

US AQI

PM2.5
3
PM10
5
Ozone
56

Air quality by Open-Meteo (CAMS), in µg/m³.

Sun and moon

Sunrise
6:36 am
Sunset
5:05 pm
Daylight
10h 29m

Waxing gibbous

95% lit

From the weather desk

Sunshine Coast weather, explained

How to read the Sunshine Coast forecast

A good forecast is really three views at once. The current panel tells you what it feels like outside right now, which is what matters before you head out the door. The hourly strip is for planning the next part of your day: when the rain band arrives, when the wind picks up, when it is warm enough to walk. The seven-day outlook is for the week ahead, and it is most reliable in the first three or four days. Read it from the top down and you will almost always have what you need for Sunshine Coast.

What the UV index actually means

The UV index rates the strength of the sun's ultraviolet radiation on a simple scale. Below 3 is low and you can be outside safely without protection. From 3 to 7 is moderate to high, the point at which sunburn becomes likely within an hour, so a hat and sunscreen earn their keep. Above 8 is very high to extreme, and skin can burn in minutes around the middle of the day. The index peaks at solar noon, not at the hottest part of the afternoon, so the safest habit is to check the number rather than judge by the temperature.

Why the overnight low matters as much as the high

Daytime maximums get the headlines, but the overnight minimum shapes how the day actually feels. A cold night means a slow, crisp start and, on clear evenings, the chance of fog or frost before dawn. A mild night means the warmth carries over and the morning is comfortable from the outset. Clear skies let heat escape and push the low down; cloud cover traps it and keeps the night warmer. That is why two days with the same maximum can feel completely different depending on the night that came before.

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Weather data by Open-Meteo. The Daily Sunshine Coast is independent and not affiliated with any government weather agency.