Weather in Ballarat in November

Prime time. If you get to pick your dates, November is the one. Highs average 22.2 °C, lows 8.2 °C, and rain falls on 9 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 6 of 12 in Ballarat: past the worst of the year but short of February, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 9 days, 2 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Nothing specialised needed — this is the month you pack for the trip rather than for the weather.

What the averages hide

The averages here are honest — no hidden extremes worth planning around. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 37.3 °C and the coldest night fell to 0.1 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 40 mm — roughly 71% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 23 mm in the driest year against 122 mm in the wettest, around an average of 56 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 10.2 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 67%.

How November sits in the year

The month is on the way up: 4.1 °C warmer than October, and December adds another 2.8 °C. Late in the month feels noticeably different from the start of it, which is worth knowing if the trip is short.

Daylight in November

November is at or near the longest days of Ballarat's year: 14.1 hours of daylight, gaining 0.9 hours across the month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

An inland climate

Despite being inland, the year stays fairly even: 24.9 °C between the year's warmest afternoons and coldest nights. Within November itself the daily swing is 14 °C, so mornings and afternoons need different clothes.

How busy it gets

Busy. Popular without being frantic; book the things you care about, improvise the rest.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

November in Ballarat versus nearby

If Ballarat is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Bendigo is close enough to be a coin toss — 3 °C warmer, 1 day less rain. Melbourne is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day more rain.

So: November is effectively as good as it gets here — 6 points behind February, which is inside the margin where the weather stops being the deciding factor and price starts being it.

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