Climate averages 1991–2020
Bendigo 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 Bendigo: daytime highs average 12.9°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 44 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ballarat (98 km away). In August its highs average 11.1°C, 1.8°C cooler than Bendigo, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Bendigo ranks 25th of 32 for the warmest August highs and 19th of 32 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 32 cities is 17.6°C; Bendigo is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 15.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 52 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
Bendigo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 38 | 4.4 | 14.414 h |
| February | 27.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 33 | 3.8 | 13.513 h |
| March | 24.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 26 | 3.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 31 | 4.3 | 11.211 h |
| May | 15.6°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 39 | 6.2 | 10.210 h |
| June | 12.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 46 | 8.3 | 9.710 h |
| July | 11.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 44 | 8.4 | 9.910 h |
| August, selected | 12.9°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 50 | 8.4 | 10.711 h |
| September | 15.5°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 52 | 8.5 | 11.812 h |
| October | 19.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 45 | 6.0 | 13.013 h |
| November | 22.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 47 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| December | 25.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 43 | 4.9 | 14.615 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
- Ballarat in AugustAustralia · 98 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 4.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Melbourne in AugustAustralia · 132 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 6.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Geelong in AugustAustralia · 155 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in AugustAustralia · 455 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Canberra in AugustAustralia · 466 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in AugustAustralia · 543 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Adelaide in AugustAustralia · 551 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Launceston in AugustAustralia · 576 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.7°C · 81 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 Bendigo) is explained once on the Bendigo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.