Bendigo weather in July

In July, Bendigo sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 44 mm of rain across 8.6 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 30 min at the start of July to 10 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Bendigo's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bendigo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 44 mm; 8.6 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 42 min; 8:37 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 12th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 2.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

Bendigo is regional city in Victoria, Australia.

Density: 706/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1851

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month.

A typical July day in Bendigo reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C cooler than June and about 1°C cooler than August.

	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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

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

Bendigo weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 15°	38	4.4	14.2	6.3
Feb	29° / 15°	33	3.8	13.4	6.7
Mar	26° / 13°	26	3.9	12.3	8.0
Apr	21° / 9°	31	4.3	11.1	7.4
May	16° / 7°	39	6.2	10.1	5.6
Jun	13° / 5°	46	8.1	9.5	3.8
Jul	12° / 5°	44	8.6	9.7	3.4
Aug	14° / 5°	50	8.5	10.6	4.1
Sep	17° / 6°	52	8.4	11.8	5.5
Oct	20° / 8°	45	6.2	13	6.9
Nov	24° / 10°	47	6.1	14	7.5
Dec	27° / 12°	43	5.1	14.5	7.3

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in July, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

	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 (%)	42	42	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40
Cloudier (%)	58	58	59	59	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	60

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	42	58
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59
31	40	60

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Bendigo gets around 44 mm of rain over 8.6 wet days in July. 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 29% 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 (%)	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28

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

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July 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	31
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	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
31	100

Wind in July

Winds average 12 km/h in July.

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

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 30 min at the start of July to 10 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 8:41 AM to 8:27 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:31 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)	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	8:41	8:41	8:41	8:41	8:41	8:40	8:40	8:40	8:40	8:39	8:39	8:39	8:38	8:38	8:38	8:37	8:37	8:36	8:36	8:35	8:34	8:34	8:33	8:32	8:32	8:31	8:30	8:29	8:29	8:28	8:27
Sunset (PM)	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.5	8:41	6:12
2	9.5	8:41	6:12
3	9.5	8:41	6:12
4	9.5	8:41	6:13
5	9.5	8:41	6:13
6	9.6	8:40	6:14
7	9.6	8:40	6:14
8	9.6	8:40	6:15
9	9.6	8:40	6:16
10	9.6	8:39	6:16
11	9.6	8:39	6:17
12	9.6	8:39	6:17
13	9.7	8:38	6:18
14	9.7	8:38	6:19
15	9.7	8:38	6:19
16	9.7	8:37	6:20
17	9.7	8:37	6:21
18	9.8	8:36	6:21
19	9.8	8:36	6:22
20	9.8	8:35	6:23
21	9.8	8:34	6:23
22	9.8	8:34	6:24
23	9.9	8:33	6:25
24	9.9	8:32	6:26
25	9.9	8:32	6:26
26	9.9	8:31	6:27
27	10.0	8:30	6:28
28	10.0	8:29	6:29
29	10.0	8:29	6:30
30	10.0	8:28	6:30
31	10.1	8:27	6:31

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 2.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.81 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 2.07 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)	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

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

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Bendigo?

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

3.4

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bendigo.

What to pack for Bendigo in July

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

In July, Bendigo sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Bendigo in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bendigo peaks around December 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 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)	12	11	9	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	12	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	9	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 Bendigo?

Bendigo sits at 36.8°S, 144.3°E, 221 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Echuca, 81 km away.

Topography around Bendigo

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bendigo.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bendigo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 238 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 375 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 932 m.

The land around Bendigo is covered by artificial surfaces (59%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%), trees (25%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

90 m

artificial surfaces 59%

16 km

375 m

trees 58%

80 km

932 m

grassland 50%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← June Bendigo year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Echuca 81 km · Wallan 96 km · Ballarat 98 km · Sunbury 99 km · Bacchus Marsh 103 km · Shepparton 108 km · Greenvale 110 km · Craigieburn 111 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 Bendigo (-36.7582°, 144.2802°, elevation 221 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	12	5
2	12	5
3	12	5
4	12	5
5	12	5
6	12	5
7	12	5
8	12	5
9	12	5
10	12	5
11	12	5
12	12	5
13	12	5
14	12	5
15	12	5
16	12	5
17	12	4
18	12	4
19	12	4
20	12	4
21	12	4
22	12	4
23	12	4
24	12	4
25	12	4
26	13	4
27	13	4
28	13	4
29	13	4
30	13	4
31	13	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	42	58
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59
31	40	60

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

	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
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	42	58
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59
31	40	60

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

	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
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	42	58
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59
31	40	60

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

	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
31	100