The Gold Coast is famous for its sun, surf and sand but there is so much more to this city than just the beaches. The Gold Coast area is known as a Sunbelt region, there is over 300 days of sunshine per year and 360 days of the year the temperature at 3:00 PM is somewhere between 17 and 27 degrees. Sunbelt regions are the world's top holiday destinations. The climate and lifestyle of Sunbelt regions has proved to be an unrivalled people attractor.