Weather in Ballina

Calculated from weather data of Gold Coast Airport (YBCG) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°F)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	83.0	84.0	82.0	82.0	82.0	83.0
February	83.0	84.0	83.0	81.0	82.0	82.0
March	81.0	81.0	83.0	81.0	80.0	80.0
April	78.0		78.0	78.0	76.0	80.0
May	73.0		72.0	73.0	73.0	72.0
June	70.0		71.0	69.0	69.0	69.0
July	70.0		71.0	67.0	69.0	69.0
August	71.0		73.0	70.0	71.0	71.0
September	74.0		74.0	73.0	74.0	74.0
October	76.0		77.0	75.0	78.0	77.0
November	79.0		78.0	79.0	78.0	80.0
December	82.0		84.0	78.0	81.0	81.0
Average	77.0	83.0	77.0	75.0	76.0	76.0

73rd highest temperature of Australia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°F)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	71.0	73	69	71	69	72
February	71.0	72	69	69	70	72
March	69.0	69	70	69	68	68
April	63.0		62	65	62	62
May	57.0		52	63	57	57
June	53.0		50	50	52	55
July	51.0		52	52	51	53
August	52.0		55	52	52	51
September	58.0		59	57	58	59
October	63.0		64	62	62	62
November	65.0		65	62	65	66
December	69.0		70	66	68	71
Average	63.0	72.0	61.0	61.0	61.0	62.0

45th lowest temperature of Australia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
86 °F or warmer	7	10	8	6	4
77 °F or warmer	81	170	136	140	162
68 °F or warmer	91	339	291	327	326
32 °F or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.3	19	7	16	6	3
February	14.1	12	9	30	12	21
March	13.2	15	8	19	18	14
April	9.2		8	14	15	5
May	8.2		7	21	3	5
June	5.8		5	1	5	9
July	6.4		9	17	7	6
August	2.3		4	4	2	2
September	4.0		3	14	0	4
October	9.2		7	17	9	4
November	5.2		12	4	11	2
December	7.3		4	16	9	15
Average	8.5	15.4	6.8	14.7	8.1	7.5

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (miles per hour)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	13.4	13	13	14	13	14
February	13.6	12	13	14	14	11
March	12.6	13	11	12	12	14
April	12.1		13	12	11	11
May	10.3		10	11	10	10
June	10.1		9	9	10	10
July	10.2		10	10	11	10
August	11.6		12	11	11	11
September	13.9		14	13	14	14
October	14.1		16	13	13	13
November	13.9		12	14	13	16
December	13.6		13	16	13	14
Average	12.5	12.6	12.2	12.5	12.0	12.4

32nd highest wind speed of Australia

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	SE	E	SE	E	N
February	SE	E	SE	SE	E
March	SE	NE	SE	E	SE
April		SE	SE	SE	E
May		SE	SE	S	S
June		E	SW	W	S
July		SE	S	NW	S
August		E	NE	NE	N
September		E	E	NE	E
October		NE	NE	NE	NE
November		NE	E	NE	E
December		NE	SE	E	NE

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Ballina weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Ballina?

The warmest month is January with an average temperature of 83 °F over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Ballina?

The coldest month is July with an average daytime temperature of 70 °F in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Ballina?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in February with a probability of around 14.1 %.

Which month is the driest in Ballina?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in August. The probability is about 2.4 %.