Ballarat weather in December

In December, Ballarat sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 52 mm of rain across 7.1 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of December to 14 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Ballarat's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ballarat's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 52 mm; 7.1 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 36 min; 6:03 AM – 8:38 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 4th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 7.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.2; 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 December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical December day in Ballarat reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C warmer than November and about 2°C cooler than January.

	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)	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11

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

Ballarat weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-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 December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%. 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 (%)	44	44	43	43	44	44	43	45	45	45	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	47	48	49	49	50	50	51	51	52	51	52	52	52	52
Cloudier (%)	56	56	57	57	56	56	57	55	55	55	56	55	55	54	54	53	53	53	52	51	51	50	50	49	49	48	49	48	48	48	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	43	57
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	49	51
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Ballarat gets around 52 mm of rain over 7.1 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 23% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19

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

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 91% 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 (%)	90	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	88
Comfortable (%)	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	10
Humid (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	90	8	2
2	91	7	2
3	91	7	2
4	91	7	2
5	91	7	2
6	91	7	2
7	92	6	2
8	92	6	2
9	92	6	2
10	92	6	2
11	92	6	2
12	92	6	2
13	92	6	2
14	92	6	2
15	92	6	2
16	91	7	2
17	91	7	2
18	91	7	2
19	91	7	2
20	91	7	2
21	91	7	2
22	91	7	2
23	91	7	2
24	91	7	2
25	91	7	2
26	90	8	2
27	90	8	2
28	90	8	2
29	89	9	2
30	89	9	2
31	88	10	2

Wind in December

Winds average 14 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	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	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	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 December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of December to 14 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:02 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 8:26 PM to 8:45 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)	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11
Sunset (PM)	8:26	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:31	8:32	8:32	8:33	8:34	8:35	8:36	8:36	8:37	8:38	8:38	8:39	8:39	8:40	8:40	8:41	8:41	8:42	8:42	8:43	8:43	8:44	8:44	8:44	8:44	8:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.4	6:02	8:26
2	14.4	6:02	8:27
3	14.4	6:02	8:28
4	14.5	6:02	8:29
5	14.5	6:02	8:30
6	14.5	6:02	8:31
7	14.5	6:02	8:32
8	14.5	6:02	8:32
9	14.5	6:02	8:33
10	14.5	6:02	8:34
11	14.5	6:02	8:35
12	14.6	6:02	8:36
13	14.6	6:03	8:36
14	14.6	6:03	8:37
15	14.6	6:03	8:38
16	14.6	6:03	8:38
17	14.6	6:04	8:39
18	14.6	6:04	8:39
19	14.6	6:04	8:40
20	14.6	6:05	8:40
21	14.6	6:05	8:41
22	14.6	6:06	8:41
23	14.6	6:06	8:42
24	14.6	6:07	8:42
25	14.6	6:07	8:43
26	14.6	6:08	8:43
27	14.6	6:08	8:44
28	14.6	6:09	8:44
29	14.6	6:10	8:44
30	14.6	6:10	8:44
31	14.6	6:11	8:45

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 7.14 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 — December's 7.14 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.8	Intense
2	6.8	Intense
3	6.8	Intense
4	6.9	Intense
5	6.9	Intense
6	6.9	Intense
7	6.9	Intense
8	7.0	Intense
9	7.0	Intense
10	7.0	Intense
11	7.0	Intense
12	7.0	Intense
13	7.1	Intense
14	7.1	Intense
15	7.1	Intense
16	7.1	Intense
17	7.2	Intense
18	7.2	Intense
19	7.2	Intense
20	7.3	Intense
21	7.3	Intense
22	7.4	Intense
23	7.4	Intense
24	7.5	Intense
25	7.5	Intense
26	7.6	Intense
27	7.6	Intense
28	7.6	Intense
29	7.7	Intense
30	7.7	Intense
31	7.7	Intense

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Ballarat?

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

7.2

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

5.3

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Ballarat for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Ballarat in December

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

In December, Ballarat sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 10°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 7 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Ballarat in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). 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

← November Ballarat year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	43	57
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	49	51
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	90	8	2
2	91	7	2
3	91	7	2
4	91	7	2
5	91	7	2
6	91	7	2
7	92	6	2
8	92	6	2
9	92	6	2
10	92	6	2
11	92	6	2
12	92	6	2
13	92	6	2
14	92	6	2
15	92	6	2
16	91	7	2
17	91	7	2
18	91	7	2
19	91	7	2
20	91	7	2
21	91	7	2
22	91	7	2
23	91	7	2
24	91	7	2
25	91	7	2
26	90	8	2
27	90	8	2
28	90	8	2
29	89	9	2
30	89	9	2
31	88	10	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	43	57
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	49	51
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	90	8	2
2	91	7	2
3	91	7	2
4	91	7	2
5	91	7	2
6	91	7	2
7	92	6	2
8	92	6	2
9	92	6	2
10	92	6	2
11	92	6	2
12	92	6	2
13	92	6	2
14	92	6	2
15	92	6	2
16	91	7	2
17	91	7	2
18	91	7	2
19	91	7	2
20	91	7	2
21	91	7	2
22	91	7	2
23	91	7	2
24	91	7	2
25	91	7	2
26	90	8	2
27	90	8	2
28	90	8	2
29	89	9	2
30	89	9	2
31	88	10	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	43	57
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	49	51
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	90	8	2
2	91	7	2
3	91	7	2
4	91	7	2
5	91	7	2
6	91	7	2
7	92	6	2
8	92	6	2
9	92	6	2
10	92	6	2
11	92	6	2
12	92	6	2
13	92	6	2
14	92	6	2
15	92	6	2
16	91	7	2
17	91	7	2
18	91	7	2
19	91	7	2
20	91	7	2
21	91	7	2
22	91	7	2
23	91	7	2
24	91	7	2
25	91	7	2
26	90	8	2
27	90	8	2
28	90	8	2
29	89	9	2
30	89	9	2
31	88	10	2