Ballarat weather in October

In October, Ballarat sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 62 mm of rain across 10.2 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of October to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Ballarat's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ballarat's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 62 mm; 10.2 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 6:40 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 7th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.35 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; 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 October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical October day in Ballarat reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 3°C warmer than September and about 3°C cooler than November.

	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)	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Ballarat weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-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 October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

	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 (%)	34	35	35	35	36	37	36	38	37	37	38	37	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	38	38	37	36	37	36	36	35	35	33	33	33
Cloudier (%)	66	65	65	65	64	63	64	62	63	63	62	63	62	62	62	61	61	61	61	62	62	63	64	63	64	64	65	65	67	67	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	36	64
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	38	62
12	37	63
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Ballarat gets around 62 mm of rain over 10.2 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 34% and peaks near 36% 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 (%)	36	36	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	33
23	33
24	33
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October 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 (%)	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
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	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in October

Winds average 14 km/h in October.

Across October, 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 October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of October to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:02 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 7:25 PM to 7:55 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)	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:02	7:01	6:59	6:58	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22
Sunset (PM)	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:54	7:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	7:02	7:25
2	12.4	7:01	7:26
3	12.5	6:59	7:27
4	12.5	6:58	7:28
5	12.5	6:56	7:29
6	12.6	6:54	7:30
7	12.6	6:53	7:31
8	12.7	6:51	7:32
9	12.7	6:50	7:32
10	12.7	6:49	7:33
11	12.8	6:47	7:34
12	12.8	6:46	7:35
13	12.9	6:44	7:36
14	12.9	6:43	7:37
15	12.9	6:41	7:38
16	13.0	6:40	7:39
17	13.0	6:39	7:40
18	13.1	6:37	7:41
19	13.1	6:36	7:42
20	13.1	6:35	7:43
21	13.2	6:33	7:44
22	13.2	6:32	7:45
23	13.3	6:31	7:46
24	13.3	6:30	7:47
25	13.3	6:28	7:48
26	13.4	6:27	7:49
27	13.4	6:26	7:50
28	13.4	6:25	7:51
29	13.5	6:24	7:52
30	13.5	6:23	7:54
31	13.5	6:22	7:55

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.35 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 — October's 5.35 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)	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Ballarat?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.1

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Ballarat for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ballarat in October

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

In October, Ballarat sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ballarat in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 8 — 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

← September Ballarat year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	36	64
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	38	62
12	37	63
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	33
23	33
24	33
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
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	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	36	64
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	38	62
12	37	63
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	33
23	33
24	33
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
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	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	36	64
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	38	62
12	37	63
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	33
23	33
24	33
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
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	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2