Bendigo weather in May

In May, Bendigo sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 39 mm of rain across 6.2 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bendigo's 8th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bendigo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 39 mm; 6.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 8:18 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 8th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 2.52 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; 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 May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical May day in Bendigo reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

Bendigo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 8th-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 May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	46	46	46	45	45	45	44	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	43	43	43	42	42	43	43
Cloudier (%)	53	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	54	54	54	55	55	55	56	57	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	57	57	57	58	58	57	57

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	43	57
31	43	57

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bendigo gets around 39 mm of rain over 6.2 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 20% and peaks near 23% 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 (%)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23

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

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 98% 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 (%)	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	99	1
20	99	1
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	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May, the calmest month.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of May to 9 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 8:05 AM to 8:29 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	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	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	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7
Sunrise (AM)	8:05	8:06	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:27	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:29
Sunset (PM)	6:36	6:34	6:33	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	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	8:05	6:36
2	10.5	8:06	6:34
3	10.4	8:06	6:33
4	10.4	8:07	6:32
5	10.4	8:08	6:31
6	10.3	8:09	6:30
7	10.3	8:10	6:29
8	10.3	8:11	6:28
9	10.3	8:12	6:27
10	10.2	8:13	6:26
11	10.2	8:13	6:25
12	10.2	8:14	6:24
13	10.1	8:15	6:23
14	10.1	8:16	6:22
15	10.1	8:17	6:21
16	10.0	8:18	6:20
17	10.0	8:19	6:20
18	10.0	8:19	6:19
19	10.0	8:20	6:18
20	9.9	8:21	6:17
21	9.9	8:22	6:17
22	9.9	8:23	6:16
23	9.9	8:24	6:15
24	9.8	8:24	6:15
25	9.8	8:25	6:14
26	9.8	8:26	6:14
27	9.8	8:27	6:13
28	9.8	8:27	6:12
29	9.7	8:28	6:12
30	9.7	8:29	6:12
31	9.7	8:29	6:11

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 2.52 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 — May's 2.52 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)	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1
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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.0	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	2.8	Moderate
7	2.8	Moderate
8	2.8	Moderate
9	2.7	Moderate
10	2.7	Moderate
11	2.7	Moderate
12	2.6	Moderate
13	2.6	Moderate
14	2.6	Moderate
15	2.5	Moderate
16	2.5	Moderate
17	2.5	Moderate
18	2.5	Moderate
19	2.4	Moderate
20	2.4	Moderate
21	2.4	Moderate
22	2.3	Moderate
23	2.3	Moderate
24	2.3	Moderate
25	2.3	Moderate
26	2.2	Moderate
27	2.2	Moderate
28	2.2	Moderate
29	2.2	Moderate
30	2.2	Moderate
31	2.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Bendigo?

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

5.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

1.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Bendigo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bendigo in May

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

In May, Bendigo sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Bendigo 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 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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	43	57
31	43	57

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	99	1
20	99	1
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	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	43	57
31	43	57

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	99	1
20	99	1
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	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	43	57
31	43	57

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	99	1
20	99	1
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	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1