Climate averages 1991–2020
Bendigo weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Bendigo: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ballarat (98 km away). In December its highs average 22.1°C, 3.7°C cooler than Bendigo, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Bendigo ranks 17th of 32 for the warmest December highs and 7th of 32 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 32 cities is 26.0°C; Bendigo is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Ballarat in DecemberAustralia · 98 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Melbourne in DecemberAustralia · 132 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Geelong in DecemberAustralia · 155 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in DecemberAustralia · 455 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Canberra in DecemberAustralia · 466 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in DecemberAustralia · 543 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Adelaide in DecemberAustralia · 551 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Launceston in DecemberAustralia · 576 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 57 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.