Climate averages 1991–2020
Bendigo weather
in July.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in Bendigo: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 54 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ballarat (98 km away). In July its highs average 10.1°C, 1.6°C cooler than Bendigo, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Bendigo ranks joint 25th of 32 for the warmest July highs and joint 17th of 32 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 32 cities is 16.5°C; Bendigo is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 12.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 50 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
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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Ballarat in JulyAustralia · 98 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 4.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Melbourne in JulyAustralia · 132 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 6.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Geelong in JulyAustralia · 155 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in JulyAustralia · 455 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Canberra in JulyAustralia · 466 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in JulyAustralia · 543 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 5.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Adelaide in JulyAustralia · 551 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 8.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Launceston in JulyAustralia · 576 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.4°C · 74 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.