Climate averages 1991–2020
Bendigo weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Bendigo: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ballarat (98 km away). In May its highs average 13.6°C, 2.0°C cooler than Bendigo, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Bendigo ranks 25th of 32 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 32 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 32 cities is 19.5°C; Bendigo is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 12.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 46 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ballarat in MayAustralia · 98 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Melbourne in MayAustralia · 132 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Geelong in MayAustralia · 155 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in MayAustralia · 455 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Canberra in MayAustralia · 466 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in MayAustralia · 543 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Adelaide in MayAustralia · 551 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Launceston in MayAustralia · 576 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 60 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.