Climate averages 1991–2020
Ballarat weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Ballarat: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geelong (79 km away). In February its highs average 23.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Ballarat, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Ballarat ranks joint 27th of 32 for the warmest February highs and 8th of 32 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 32 cities is 26.7°C; Ballarat is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Geelong in FebruaryAustralia · 79 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Bendigo in FebruaryAustralia · 98 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Melbourne in FebruaryAustralia · 102 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Launceston in FebruaryAustralia · 515 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in FebruaryAustralia · 524 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Canberra in FebruaryAustralia · 536 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in FebruaryAustralia · 547 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Adelaide in FebruaryAustralia · 555 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 19 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.