Ballarat weather in May

In May, Ballarat sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 45 mm of rain across 9 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of May to 9 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ballarat's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ballarat's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 45 mm; 9 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 8:21 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 10th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 2.28 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; 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 May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ballarat reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

	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)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5

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

Ballarat weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 9th-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 May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

	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 (%)	35	35	35	34	34	33	34	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	32	32	30	30	30	29	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	27	27	28	28
Cloudier (%)	65	65	65	66	66	67	66	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	68	68	70	70	70	71	72	72	72	71	72	72	72	73	73	72	72

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	29	71
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	28	72
31	28	72

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ballarat gets around 45 mm of rain over 9 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 28% and peaks near 30% 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 (%)	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30

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

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 99% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
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	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of May to 9 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 8:08 AM to 8:33 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:11 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)	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6
Sunrise (AM)	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:26	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:30	8:31	8:32	8:33	8:33
Sunset (PM)	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	8:08	6:36
2	10.4	8:09	6:35
3	10.4	8:10	6:34
4	10.4	8:10	6:32
5	10.3	8:11	6:31
6	10.3	8:12	6:30
7	10.3	8:13	6:29
8	10.2	8:14	6:28
9	10.2	8:15	6:27
10	10.2	8:16	6:26
11	10.1	8:17	6:25
12	10.1	8:18	6:24
13	10.1	8:19	6:23
14	10.0	8:20	6:22
15	10.0	8:20	6:21
16	10.0	8:21	6:20
17	10.0	8:22	6:20
18	9.9	8:23	6:19
19	9.9	8:24	6:18
20	9.9	8:25	6:17
21	9.8	8:26	6:16
22	9.8	8:26	6:16
23	9.8	8:27	6:15
24	9.8	8:28	6:14
25	9.8	8:29	6:14
26	9.7	8:30	6:13
27	9.7	8:30	6:13
28	9.7	8:31	6:12
29	9.7	8:32	6:12
30	9.6	8:33	6:11
31	9.6	8:33	6:11

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 2.28 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 — May's 2.28 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9
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	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.7	Moderate
2	2.7	Moderate
3	2.7	Moderate
4	2.6	Moderate
5	2.6	Moderate
6	2.6	Moderate
7	2.5	Moderate
8	2.5	Moderate
9	2.5	Moderate
10	2.4	Moderate
11	2.4	Moderate
12	2.4	Moderate
13	2.4	Moderate
14	2.3	Moderate
15	2.3	Moderate
16	2.3	Moderate
17	2.3	Moderate
18	2.2	Moderate
19	2.2	Moderate
20	2.2	Moderate
21	2.1	Moderate
22	2.1	Moderate
23	2.1	Moderate
24	2.1	Moderate
25	2.1	Moderate
26	2.0	Moderate
27	2.0	Moderate
28	2.0	Moderate
29	2.0	Dim
30	2.0	Dim
31	1.9	Dim

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ballarat?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ballarat for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ballarat in May

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

In May, Ballarat sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Ballarat in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 3. 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

← April Ballarat year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	29	71
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	28	72
31	28	72

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	29	71
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	28	72
31	28	72

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	29	71
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	28	72
31	28	72

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0