Climate averages 1991–2020
Bendigo weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Bendigo: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ballarat (98 km away). In February its highs average 24.3°C, 3.5°C cooler than Bendigo, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Bendigo ranks joint 11th of 32 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 32 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 32 cities is 26.7°C; Bendigo is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Ballarat in FebruaryAustralia · 98 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Melbourne in FebruaryAustralia · 132 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Geelong in FebruaryAustralia · 155 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in FebruaryAustralia · 455 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Canberra in FebruaryAustralia · 466 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in FebruaryAustralia · 543 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Adelaide in FebruaryAustralia · 551 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Launceston in FebruaryAustralia · 576 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 46 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.