Climate averages 1991–2020
Ballarat weather
in July.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in Ballarat: daytime highs average 10.1°C and nights cool to about 4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 50 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geelong (79 km away). In July its highs average 13.0°C, 3.0°C warmer than Ballarat, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Ballarat ranks 29th of 32 for the warmest July highs and joint 22nd of 32 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 32 cities is 16.5°C; Ballarat is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 11.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 66 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Geelong in JulyAustralia · 79 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Bendigo in JulyAustralia · 98 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Melbourne in JulyAustralia · 102 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 6.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Launceston in JulyAustralia · 515 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in JulyAustralia · 524 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Canberra in JulyAustralia · 536 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in JulyAustralia · 547 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 5.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Adelaide in JulyAustralia · 555 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 8.2°C · 64 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.