Climate and average weather in Bathurst
In Bathurst, the summers are warm, showery, and mostly clear and the winters are cool and partly cloudy.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bathurst typically varies from 1°C to 27°C, and is rarely below -3°C or above 33°C. January is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Bathurst for warm-weather activities are from early January to late April and early October to late December.
- Hottest
- Jan
- 27°
- Coldest
- Jul
- 1°
- Wettest
- Dec
- 81 mm
- Driest
- May
- 34 mm
- Rain / yr
- 665 mm
- 90 wet days
- Daylight
- 9.8–14.2 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 670 m
- 33.4°S
- Clearest
- Mar
- 45% cloud
Bathurst is city in New South Wales, Australia.
- Air quality
- Moderate
- PM2.5 11.3 µg/m³ · 2019
- Founded
- 1815
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Bathurst weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to late April.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Bathurst, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 3.9 months, from November 22 to March 19, with daily high temperatures above 23°C. The hottest month of the year in Bathurst is January, with an average high of 27°C and low of 14°C.
The cool season lasts 3.2 months, from May 26 to August 30, with daily high temperatures below 13°C. The coldest month of the year in Bathurst is July, with an average low of 1°C and high of 10°C.
Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°C) in January.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 27 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 25 |
| Avg low (°C) | 14 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27 | 14 |
| Feb | 25 | 13 |
| Mar | 23 | 11 |
| Apr | 19 | 7 |
| May | 15 | 4 |
| Jun | 11 | 2 |
| Jul | 10 | 1 |
| Aug | 12 | 1 |
| Sep | 15 | 4 |
| Oct | 19 | 6 |
| Nov | 22 | 9 |
| Dec | 25 | 12 |
How hot and cold Bathurst really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -3°C (around August 10), with roughly 100 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in August.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 27 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 25 |
| Air high (°C) | 27 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 25 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 14 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Air low (°C) | 14 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27 | 27 | 14 | 14 |
| Feb | 25 | 25 | 13 | 13 |
| Mar | 23 | 23 | 11 | 11 |
| Apr | 19 | 19 | 5 | 7 |
| May | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 |
| Jun | 11 | 11 | -1 | 2 |
| Jul | 10 | 10 | -2 | 1 |
| Aug | 12 | 12 | -2 | 1 |
| Sep | 15 | 15 | 0 | 4 |
| Oct | 19 | 19 | 4 | 6 |
| Nov | 22 | 22 | 8 | 9 |
| Dec | 25 | 25 | 12 | 12 |
Average hourly temperature in Bathurst
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on January afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 1°C.
Bathurst weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Snow days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27° / 14° | 63 | 8.3 | 0 | 14 | 7.0 |
| Feb | 25° / 13° | 64 | 7.8 | 0 | 13.2 | 7.2 |
| Mar | 23° / 11° | 51 | 6.4 | 0 | 12.3 | 7.6 |
| Apr | 19° / 7° | 34 | 4.5 | 0 | 11.2 | 7.0 |
| May | 15° / 4° | 34 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 5.0 |
| Jun | 11° / 2° | 49 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 9.8 | 3.0 |
| Jul | 10° / 1° | 47 | 7.9 | 0.4 | 10 | 2.6 |
| Aug | 12° / 1° | 53 | 7.7 | 0.8 | 10.8 | 3.4 |
| Sep | 15° / 4° | 56 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 11.8 | 5.1 |
| Oct | 19° / 6° | 59 | 8.1 | 0.1 | 12.8 | 6.5 |
| Nov | 22° / 9° | 75 | 9.5 | 0 | 13.7 | 6.8 |
| Dec | 25° / 12° | 81 | 8.7 | 0 | 14.2 | 7.3 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Bathurst gets about 665 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 4.8 months, from around Oct 6 to Feb 28, peaking in November at about 31% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 16.
December is the wettest month by volume, with 81 mm over about 9 wet days; May is the driest, with 34 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 27 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 31 | 28 |
| Rain days | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27 | 8 |
| Feb | 27 | 8 |
| Mar | 21 | 6 |
| Apr | 16 | 5 |
| May | 18 | 5 |
| Jun | 24 | 8 |
| Jul | 26 | 8 |
| Aug | 25 | 8 |
| Sep | 26 | 8 |
| Oct | 26 | 8 |
| Nov | 31 | 10 |
| Dec | 28 | 9 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Bathurst collects about 665 mm of rain across 90 wet days — roughly 55 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 81 mm, while May is the driest at just 34 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 33% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 63 | 64 | 51 | 34 | 34 | 49 | 47 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 75 | 81 |
| Rain days | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Snow days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | Snow days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 63 | 8 | 0 |
| Feb | 64 | 8 | 0 |
| Mar | 51 | 6 | 0 |
| Apr | 34 | 5 | 0 |
| May | 34 | 5 | 0 |
| Jun | 49 | 8 | 1 |
| Jul | 47 | 8 | 0 |
| Aug | 53 | 8 | 1 |
| Sep | 56 | 8 | 0 |
| Oct | 59 | 8 | 0 |
| Nov | 75 | 10 | 0 |
| Dec | 81 | 9 | 0 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Bathurst, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around November 29 and lasts for 5.4 months, ending around May 10. The clearest month is March, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 65% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around May 11 and lasts for 3.1 months, ending around August 13. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 56% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 64 | 63 | 65 | 63 | 54 | 44 | 49 | 58 | 61 | 60 | 56 | 62 |
| Cloudier (%) | 36 | 37 | 35 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 51 | 42 | 39 | 40 | 44 | 38 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 64 | 36 |
| Feb | 63 | 37 |
| Mar | 65 | 35 |
| Apr | 63 | 37 |
| May | 54 | 46 |
| Jun | 44 | 56 |
| Jul | 49 | 51 |
| Aug | 58 | 42 |
| Sep | 61 | 39 |
| Oct | 60 | 40 |
| Nov | 56 | 44 |
| Dec | 62 | 38 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around January 1, brings about 14 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around June 10, only 9 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 24 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 14.0 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 13.7 | 14.2 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:11 | 6:39 | 7:04 | 7:27 | 7:50 | 8:08 | 8:08 | 7:43 | 7:02 | 6:21 | 5:54 | 5:52 |
| Sunset (PM) | 8:11 | 7:53 | 7:19 | 6:37 | 6:06 | 5:56 | 6:07 | 6:28 | 6:50 | 7:12 | 7:40 | 8:04 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.0 | 6:11 | 8:11 |
| Feb | 13.2 | 6:39 | 7:53 |
| Mar | 12.3 | 7:04 | 7:19 |
| Apr | 11.2 | 7:27 | 6:37 |
| May | 10.3 | 7:50 | 6:06 |
| Jun | 9.8 | 8:08 | 5:56 |
| Jul | 10.0 | 8:08 | 6:07 |
| Aug | 10.8 | 7:43 | 6:28 |
| Sep | 11.8 | 7:02 | 6:50 |
| Oct | 12.8 | 6:21 | 7:12 |
| Nov | 13.7 | 5:54 | 7:40 |
| Dec | 14.2 | 5:52 | 8:04 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Bathurst averages about 12 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 8 and 15 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 5.1 months, from around Dec 6 to May 10. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 15 sunny days (mixed).
The greyest month is June, down near 9 sunny days — about 39% fewer than the January peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 14 |
| Sky | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15 | Mixed |
| Feb | 12 | Mixed |
| Mar | 14 | Mixed |
| Apr | 13 | Mixed |
| May | 12 | Mixed |
| Jun | 9 | Mixed |
| Jul | 10 | Mixed |
| Aug | 12 | Mixed |
| Sep | 13 | Mixed |
| Oct | 13 | Mixed |
| Nov | 11 | Mixed |
| Dec | 14 | Mixed |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Bathurst, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 3.4 months, from around December 12 to March 26. The muggiest month is February, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 15% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around March 27 to December 11, and May is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 54 | 54 | 77 | 96 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 87 | 76 |
| Comfortable (%) | 33 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| Humid (%) | 13 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Muggy (%) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 54 | 33 | 13 | 1 |
| Feb | 54 | 31 | 14 | 1 |
| Mar | 77 | 18 | 5 | 0 |
| Apr | 96 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 99 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 97 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 87 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec | 76 | 19 | 4 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Wind in Bathurst is steady company: average speeds sit near 12 km/h — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | light breeze | light breeze | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12 | calm |
| Feb | 11 | calm |
| Mar | 11 | calm |
| Apr | 10 | calm |
| May | 10 | calm |
| Jun | 12 | calm |
| Jul | 12 | calm |
| Aug | 12 | light breeze |
| Sep | 12 | light breeze |
| Oct | 12 | calm |
| Nov | 12 | calm |
| Dec | 12 | calm |
Best time to visit Bathurst
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Bathurst throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around mid January, Bathurst is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Bathurst for general outdoor tourist activities is from early October to late April, with a peak score in the second week of March.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.3 |
| Rating | good | good | ideal | good | fair | poor | poor | poor | fair | good | good | good |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.1 | good |
| Feb | 7.2 | good |
| Mar | 7.6 | ideal |
| Apr | 7.0 | good |
| May | 5.0 | fair |
| Jun | 3.0 | poor |
| Jul | 2.6 | poor |
| Aug | 3.4 | poor |
| Sep | 5.1 | fair |
| Oct | 6.5 | good |
| Nov | 6.8 | good |
| Dec | 7.3 | good |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Bathurst for hot-weather activities is from late November to late March, with a peak score in the second week of January.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Bathurst, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around January (highs near 27°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around July (highs near 10°C), pack a warm layer.
In January, Bathurst sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 14°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Bathurst by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bathurst peaks around January 1 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 3 (moderate).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 13 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 13 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | High | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | High | Very high | Extreme | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13 | Extreme |
| Feb | 12 | Extreme |
| Mar | 10 | Very high |
| Apr | 6 | High |
| May | 4 | Moderate |
| Jun | 3 | Moderate |
| Jul | 3 | Moderate |
| Aug | 5 | Moderate |
| Sep | 6 | High |
| Oct | 9 | Very high |
| Nov | 11 | Extreme |
| Dec | 13 | Extreme |
Average hourly UV index in Bathurst
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in January the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 9 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 6 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 7 | 6.5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | 7 |
| Feb | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Mar | 7.5 | 5 |
| Apr | 6 | 2 |
| May | 3.5 | 0 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 2 | 0 |
| Aug | 4 | 0 |
| Sep | 6 | 0 |
| Oct | 7.5 | 5 |
| Nov | 8.5 | 6 |
| Dec | 9.5 | 7 |
Air quality in Bathurst by month
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.
Air quality in Bathurst is worst in December — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 6.1× the cleanest month (July, 4 µg/m³).
Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Bathurst's WHO annual average of 11.3 µg/m³.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 13 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| Level | Moderate | Good | Good | Moderate | Moderate | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Moderate |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13 | Moderate |
| Feb | 7 | Good |
| Mar | 8 | Good |
| Apr | 14 | Moderate |
| May | 22 | Moderate |
| Jun | 12 | Good |
| Jul | 4 | Good |
| Aug | 6 | Good |
| Sep | 7 | Good |
| Oct | 8 | Good |
| Nov | 9 | Good |
| Dec | 27 | Moderate |
Growing season
Bathurst is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about September 29 to May 8 (222 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 87 | 75 | 64 | 67 | 85 | 95 | 99 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 98 | 0 |
| May | 87 | 23 |
| Jun | 75 | 30 |
| Jul | 64 | 31 |
| Aug | 67 | 31 |
| Sep | 85 | 27 |
| Oct | 95 | 0 |
| Nov | 99 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Bathurst banks about 1,393 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around January.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 316 | 264 | 215 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 77 | 164 | 251 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 316 |
| Feb | 264 |
| Mar | 215 |
| Apr | 95 |
| May | 5 |
| Jun | 0 |
| Jul | 0 |
| Aug | 0 |
| Sep | 5 |
| Oct | 77 |
| Nov | 164 |
| Dec | 251 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Bathurst receives about 5.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.3 and 7.8 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Sep 18 to Mar 25. The brightest month is January, averaging about 7.3 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is June, down near 2.3 kWh/m² — roughly 68% less than the January peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 7.5 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 7.4 |
| Level | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.5 | Intense |
| Feb | 6.4 | Intense |
| Mar | 5.4 | Bright |
| Apr | 4.2 | Bright |
| May | 3.0 | Moderate |
| Jun | 2.3 | Moderate |
| Jul | 2.6 | Moderate |
| Aug | 3.5 | Moderate |
| Sep | 4.9 | Bright |
| Oct | 6.2 | Intense |
| Nov | 6.9 | Intense |
| Dec | 7.4 | Intense |
Where is Bathurst?
Bathurst sits at 33.4°S, 149.6°E, 670 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Orange, 47 km away.
Topography around Bathurst
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bathurst.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Bathurst has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 674 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 380 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,252 m.
The land around Bathurst is covered by grassland (42%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, grassland (77%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and trees (48%) within 80 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 Bathurst (-33.4166°, 149.5806°, elevation 670 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).