Climate averages 1991–2020
Ballarat weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Ballarat: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geelong (79 km away). In January its highs average 24.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Ballarat, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Ballarat ranks 28th of 32 for the warmest January highs and 8th of 32 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 32 cities is 27.2°C; Ballarat is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Geelong in JanuaryAustralia · 79 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Bendigo in JanuaryAustralia · 98 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Melbourne in JanuaryAustralia · 102 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Launceston in JanuaryAustralia · 515 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in JanuaryAustralia · 524 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Canberra in JanuaryAustralia · 536 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in JanuaryAustralia · 547 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Adelaide in JanuaryAustralia · 555 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.6°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.