Ballarat weather in August

In August, Ballarat sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 66 mm of rain across 12.5 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 hours at the start of August to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ballarat's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ballarat's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 66 mm; 12.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 8:12 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 9th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 2.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.7; out of 10

Ballarat is regional city in Victoria, Australia.

Density: 985/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1838

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical August day in Ballarat reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 3°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	4
2	11	4
3	11	4
4	11	4
5	11	4
6	11	4
7	11	4
8	11	4
9	11	4
10	11	4
11	11	4
12	11	4
13	11	4
14	11	4
15	11	4
16	11	4
17	11	4
18	11	4
19	11	4
20	12	4
21	12	4
22	12	4
23	12	4
24	12	4
25	12	4
26	12	4
27	12	4
28	12	4
29	12	4
30	13	4
31	13	4

Ballarat weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 12°	46	5.8	14.3	7.8
Feb	25° / 12°	40	5	13.4	7.9
Mar	22° / 10°	29	5.1	12.3	7.5
Apr	18° / 8°	38	6.5	11.1	6.1
May	14° / 6°	45	9	10	4.0
Jun	11° / 5°	51	9.6	9.5	2.6
Jul	10° / 4°	49	10.9	9.7	2.2
Aug	11° / 4°	66	12.5	10.6	2.7
Sep	14° / 5°	69	12.2	11.7	3.7
Oct	17° / 6°	62	10.2	13	5.3
Nov	20° / 8°	61	8.9	14	6.3
Dec	23° / 10°	52	7.1	14.5	7.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	29	29	30	30	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	33	33
Cloudier (%)	72	72	73	73	74	74	75	74	74	74	74	73	73	73	71	71	70	70	68	68	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	65	65	67	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	33	67
31	33	67

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ballarat gets around 66 mm of rain over 12.5 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 40% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	40	39	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	42
15	42
16	41
17	41
18	40
19	40
20	39
21	38
22	38
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37
31	38

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 hours at the start of August to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:29 AM to 7:51 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:58 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	8:29	8:28	8:27	8:26	8:25	8:24	8:23	8:22	8:21	8:20	8:19	8:17	8:16	8:15	8:14	8:12	8:11	8:10	8:09	8:07	8:06	8:04	8:03	8:02	8:00	7:59	7:57	7:56	7:54	7:53	7:51
Sunset (PM)	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	8:29	6:32
2	10.1	8:28	6:33
3	10.1	8:27	6:34
4	10.1	8:26	6:35
5	10.2	8:25	6:35
6	10.2	8:24	6:36
7	10.2	8:23	6:37
8	10.3	8:22	6:38
9	10.3	8:21	6:39
10	10.3	8:20	6:40
11	10.4	8:19	6:41
12	10.4	8:17	6:41
13	10.4	8:16	6:42
14	10.5	8:15	6:43
15	10.5	8:14	6:44
16	10.5	8:12	6:45
17	10.6	8:11	6:46
18	10.6	8:10	6:47
19	10.7	8:09	6:48
20	10.7	8:07	6:48
21	10.7	8:06	6:49
22	10.8	8:04	6:50
23	10.8	8:03	6:51
24	10.8	8:02	6:52
25	10.9	8:00	6:53
26	10.9	7:59	6:54
27	11.0	7:57	6:55
28	11.0	7:56	6:55
29	11.0	7:54	6:56
30	11.1	7:53	6:57
31	11.1	7:51	6:58

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 2.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.78 kWh/m² to a high of 7.43 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 2.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.3	Moderate
2	2.3	Moderate
3	2.3	Moderate
4	2.3	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.4	Moderate
8	2.4	Moderate
9	2.5	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.6	Moderate
14	2.6	Moderate
15	2.7	Moderate
16	2.7	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.8	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	2.9	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.2	Moderate
28	3.2	Moderate
29	3.3	Moderate
30	3.3	Moderate
31	3.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Ballarat?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.7

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ballarat.

What to pack for Ballarat in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Ballarat sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Ballarat in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ballarat peaks around December 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	11	8	5	3	2	2	3	5	8	10	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	5	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Ballarat?

Ballarat sits at 37.6°S, 143.8°E, 445 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Bacchus Marsh, 53 km away.

Topography around Ballarat

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ballarat.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ballarat has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m around an average of 441 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 411 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,037 m.

The land around Ballarat is covered by artificial surfaces (57%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%), cropland (23%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

116 m

artificial surfaces 57%

16 km

411 m

grassland 54%

80 km

1,037 m

grassland 53%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← July Ballarat year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Bacchus Marsh 53 km · Lara 71 km · Corio 74 km · Wyndham Vale 77 km · Sunbury 77 km · Tarneit 77 km · Highton 78 km · Geelong 79 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 90% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $65,130; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 4.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ballarat (-37.5662°, 143.8496°, elevation 445 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	4
2	11	4
3	11	4
4	11	4
5	11	4
6	11	4
7	11	4
8	11	4
9	11	4
10	11	4
11	11	4
12	11	4
13	11	4
14	11	4
15	11	4
16	11	4
17	11	4
18	11	4
19	11	4
20	12	4
21	12	4
22	12	4
23	12	4
24	12	4
25	12	4
26	12	4
27	12	4
28	12	4
29	12	4
30	13	4
31	13	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	42
15	42
16	41
17	41
18	40
19	40
20	39
21	38
22	38
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37
31	38

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	4
2	11	4
3	11	4
4	11	4
5	11	4
6	11	4
7	11	4
8	11	4
9	11	4
10	11	4
11	11	4
12	11	4
13	11	4
14	11	4
15	11	4
16	11	4
17	11	4
18	11	4
19	11	4
20	12	4
21	12	4
22	12	4
23	12	4
24	12	4
25	12	4
26	12	4
27	12	4
28	12	4
29	12	4
30	13	4
31	13	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	42
15	42
16	41
17	41
18	40
19	40
20	39
21	38
22	38
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37
31	38

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	4
2	11	4
3	11	4
4	11	4
5	11	4
6	11	4
7	11	4
8	11	4
9	11	4
10	11	4
11	11	4
12	11	4
13	11	4
14	11	4
15	11	4
16	11	4
17	11	4
18	11	4
19	11	4
20	12	4
21	12	4
22	12	4
23	12	4
24	12	4
25	12	4
26	12	4
27	12	4
28	12	4
29	12	4
30	13	4
31	13	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	42
15	42
16	41
17	41
18	40
19	40
20	39
21	38
22	38
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37
31	38

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100