Climate averages 1991–2020
Ballarat weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Ballarat: daytime highs average 13.6°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geelong (79 km away). In May its highs average 16.1°C, 2.6°C warmer than Ballarat, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Ballarat ranks 31st of 32 for the warmest May highs and 13th of 32 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 32 cities is 19.5°C; Ballarat is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 10.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 51 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Geelong in MayAustralia · 79 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Bendigo in MayAustralia · 98 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 7.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Melbourne in MayAustralia · 102 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Launceston in MayAustralia · 515 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in MayAustralia · 524 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Canberra in MayAustralia · 536 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in MayAustralia · 547 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Adelaide in MayAustralia · 555 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 52 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.