Ballarat weather in September

In September, Ballarat sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 69 mm of rain across 12.2 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of September to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Ballarat's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ballarat's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 69 mm; 12.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 7:26 AM – 7:12 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 8th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 3.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; 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 September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical September day in Ballarat reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 3°C warmer than August and about 3°C cooler than October.

	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
Avg high (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

Ballarat weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 8th-warmest and 1st-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 September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

	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
Clearer (%)	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	34
Cloudier (%)	66	67	67	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	69	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	66

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

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Ballarat gets around 69 mm of rain over 12.2 wet days in September, the wettest month. 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
Rain chance (%)	38	39	40	40	41	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	39	38	38	37	37	37	36	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	39
3	40
4	40
5	41
6	42
7	42
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	42
14	42
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	39
22	39
23	39
24	38
25	38
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	36
30	36

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September 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
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

	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

Wind in September

Winds average 15 km/h in September.

Across September, 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
Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	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

	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	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	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of September to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 7:50 AM to 7:04 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 7:24 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
Daylight (h)	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:50	7:48	7:47	7:45	7:44	7:42	7:40	7:39	7:37	7:36	7:34	7:32	7:31	7:29	7:28	7:26	7:24	7:23	7:21	7:20	7:18	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:12	7:10	7:08	7:07	7:05	7:04
Sunset (PM)	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	7:50	6:59
2	11.2	7:48	7:00
3	11.2	7:47	7:01
4	11.3	7:45	7:01
5	11.3	7:44	7:02
6	11.4	7:42	7:03
7	11.4	7:40	7:04
8	11.4	7:39	7:05
9	11.5	7:37	7:06
10	11.5	7:36	7:07
11	11.6	7:34	7:07
12	11.6	7:32	7:08
13	11.6	7:31	7:09
14	11.7	7:29	7:10
15	11.7	7:28	7:11
16	11.8	7:26	7:12
17	11.8	7:24	7:13
18	11.8	7:23	7:14
19	11.9	7:21	7:14
20	11.9	7:20	7:15
21	12.0	7:18	7:16
22	12.0	7:16	7:17
23	12.1	7:15	7:18
24	12.1	7:13	7:19
25	12.1	7:12	7:20
26	12.2	7:10	7:21
27	12.2	7:08	7:21
28	12.3	7:07	7:22
29	12.3	7:05	7:23
30	12.3	7:04	7:24

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 3.95 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 — September's 3.95 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	4.0	Moderate
18	4.0	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Ballarat?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ballarat.

What to pack for Ballarat in September

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

In September, Ballarat sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Ballarat in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 5 — 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

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

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	39
3	40
4	40
5	41
6	42
7	42
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	42
14	42
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	39
22	39
23	39
24	38
25	38
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	36
30	36

	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

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	39
3	40
4	40
5	41
6	42
7	42
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	42
14	42
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	39
22	39
23	39
24	38
25	38
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	36
30	36

	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

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	39
3	40
4	40
5	41
6	42
7	42
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	42
14	42
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	39
22	39
23	39
24	38
25	38
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	36
30	36

	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