Gold Coast
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About
The Gold Coast, also known by its initials, GC, is a coastal city and region in the state of Queensland, Australia, located approximately 66 kilometres (41 mi) south-southeast of the centre of the state capital, Brisbane. It is on the central eastern coast of Australia facing the Pacific Ocean. It is Queensland's second-largest city after Brisbane, as well as Australia's sixth-largest city and the most populous non-capital city.
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The next week in Gold Coast
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Drizzle
23° / 17°
1.0 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Drizzle
23° / 17°
3.1 mm
UV Moderate
Mon
Rain
22° / 17°
19.1 mm
UV Moderate
Tue
Drizzle
23° / 18°
8.9 mm
UV Moderate
Wed
Partly cloudy
23° / 16°
UV Moderate
Thu
Drizzle
22° / 16°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
31° / 5°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
10.8h
06:19 – 17:05local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Gold Coast
4 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Gold Coast Airport (OOL) at 20 km.
Getting around Gold Coast
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.