Climate guideThirty-year normals for Bathurst, Australia
Bathurst climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Apr · Oct · Dec
Annual mean14°day and night
Seasonal swing14°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation649 mm123 wet days a year
33.42° S, 149.58° EElevation 670 mUTC+11 · Australian Eastern Daylight Time
When to goBathurst · weather score
Best timeApr · Oct · Dec
October: high / low19° / 8°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Bathurst has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is January, when afternoons average 27° and nights 15°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 10° and lows of 3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 649 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (58 mm, 16 wet days) and June the driest (50 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 25% in January to 38% in June.
Compared with Canberra, the capital, Bathurst is 0.2° warmer on a January afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · January
- Coldest nights
- 3° · July
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- January · 25% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 21 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 57 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 27° | 26° | 23° | 19° | 15° | 11° | 10° | 12° | 16° | 19° | 22° | 25° |
| Average low | 15° | 15° | 13° | 10° | 6° | 4° | 3° | 3° | 6° | 8° | 11° | 13° |
| Precipitation | 58 mm | 59 mm | 44 mm | 39 mm | 42 mm | 50 mm | 58 mm | 55 mm | 47 mm | 64 mm | 69 mm | 64 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 16 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 5.2 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 12 | 11 |
| Cloud cover | 25% | 26% | 25% | 28% | 33% | 38% | 35% | 30% | 27% | 28% | 30% | 27% |
| Daylight | 14h 08 | 13h 18 | 12h 20 | 11h 17 | 10h 25 | 9h 57 | 10h 08 | 10h 51 | 11h 51 | 12h 52 | 13h 50 | 14h 21 |
| Month score | 59 | 64 | 67 | 79 | 65 | 50 | 39 | 51 | 70 | 79 | 72 | 74 |
ivMonth by month
Bathurst in every month
January59
27° / 15°
58 mm · 16 wet days
February64
26° / 15°
59 mm · 15.5 wet days
March67
23° / 13°
44 mm · 15.3 wet days
April79
19° / 10°
39 mm · 8.7 wet days
May65
15° / 6°
42 mm · 7.7 wet days
June50
11° / 4°
50 mm · 5.2 wet days
July39
10° / 3°
58 mm · 8.2 wet days
August51
12° / 3°
55 mm · 7.8 wet days
September70
16° / 6°
47 mm · 7.2 wet days
October79
19° / 8°
64 mm · 8.8 wet days
November72
22° / 11°
69 mm · 12 wet days
December74
25° / 13°
64 mm · 11 wet days