Climate averages 1991–2020
Ballarat weather
in August.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a cool month in Ballarat: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 41 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geelong (79 km away). In August its highs average 13.8°C, 2.7°C warmer than Ballarat, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Ballarat ranks 32nd of 32 for the warmest August highs and 28th of 32 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 32 cities is 17.6°C; Ballarat is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 13.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 69 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ballarat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 45 | 6.0 | 14.414 h |
| February | 24.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 40 | 5.0 | 13.514 h |
| March | 21.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 29 | 5.2 | 12.412 h |
| April | 17.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 38 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| May | 13.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 45 | 9.0 | 10.110 h |
| June | 10.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 51 | 9.7 | 9.610 h |
| July | 10.1°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 49 | 11.0 | 9.810 h |
| August, selected | 11.1°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 66 | 12.4 | 10.711 h |
| September | 13.4°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 69 | 12.2 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 62 | 10.2 | 13.013 h |
| November | 19.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 61 | 8.9 | 14.114 h |
| December | 22.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 52 | 7.0 | 14.715 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Geelong in AugustAustralia · 79 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Bendigo in AugustAustralia · 98 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Melbourne in AugustAustralia · 102 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 6.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Launceston in AugustAustralia · 515 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in AugustAustralia · 524 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Canberra in AugustAustralia · 536 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in AugustAustralia · 547 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Adelaide in AugustAustralia · 555 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 58 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ballarat) is explained once on the Ballarat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.