Bendigo weather in September

In September, Bendigo sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 52 mm of rain across 8.4 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 Bendigo's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bendigo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 52 mm; 8.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 7:24 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 9th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.18 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; 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 September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical September day in Bendigo 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 13°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 3°C warmer than August and about 4°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)	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	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

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

Bendigo 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	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 September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Bendigo gets around 52 mm of rain over 8.4 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 27% and peaks near 28% 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 (%)	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	25

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

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 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
Dry (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
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	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

Wind in September

Winds average 13 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 13 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
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	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

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	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 7:47 AM to 7:02 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 7:22 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	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	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)	7:47	7:46	7:44	7:43	7:41	7:40	7:38	7:37	7:35	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:29	7:27	7:26	7:24	7:23	7:21	7:19	7:18	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:12	7:10	7:08	7:07	7:05	7:04	7:02
Sunset (PM)	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	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	7:20	7:21	7:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	7:47	6:58
2	11.2	7:46	6:59
3	11.3	7:44	7:00
4	11.3	7:43	7:00
5	11.3	7:41	7:01
6	11.4	7:40	7:02
7	11.4	7:38	7:03
8	11.5	7:37	7:04
9	11.5	7:35	7:04
10	11.5	7:34	7:05
11	11.6	7:32	7:06
12	11.6	7:30	7:07
13	11.6	7:29	7:08
14	11.7	7:27	7:09
15	11.7	7:26	7:09
16	11.8	7:24	7:10
17	11.8	7:23	7:11
18	11.8	7:21	7:12
19	11.9	7:19	7:13
20	11.9	7:18	7:14
21	12.0	7:16	7:14
22	12.0	7:15	7:15
23	12.1	7:13	7:16
24	12.1	7:12	7:17
25	12.1	7:10	7:18
26	12.2	7:08	7:19
27	12.2	7:07	7:20
28	12.3	7:05	7:20
29	12.3	7:04	7:21
30	12.3	7:02	7:22

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.18 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 — September's 4.18 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)	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	4.0	Moderate
12	4.0	Moderate
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Bendigo?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

1.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Bendigo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bendigo in September

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

In September, Bendigo sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Bendigo 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 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

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

September 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	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	15	5
5	16	5
6	16	5
7	16	6
8	16	6
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	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	6
25	18	6
26	18	6
27	18	6
28	18	7
29	18	7
30	18	7

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
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	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

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
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	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

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
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	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