Reception - When is the best time to have an outdoor wedding in Melbourne?

When is the best time of the year to have your wedding? This question is especially important if you’re having any part of your wedding, be it the ceremony, the reception or the photo-taking session, outdoors.

I’ve compiled some useful climate information on Melbourne from the Bureau of Meteorology to help you decide.

Rain obviously is the main deciding factor.

Month	Average Rainfall (mm)	Average Number of Raindays	Average probability of rain on any day
Jan	48.2	8.3	26.8%
Feb	47.0	7.4	26.4%
Mar	50.6	9.3	30.0%
Apr	58.2	11.5	38.3%
May	56.6	14.0	45.2%
Jun	49.8	14.2	47.3%
Jul	47.9	15.1	48.7%
Aug	50.3	15.6	50.3%
Sept	58.7	14.8	49.3%
Oct	67.4	14.3	46.1%
Nov	59.3	11.8	39.3%
Dec	59.1	10.5	33.9%

Source: Bureau of Meteorology

Temperature is also an important factor. On top of being sunny, being comfortable at your own wedding without sweltering in 40-degree heat is important.

Month	Average Daily Maximum Temperature	Average number of days where maximum temperature is more or equal to 40 degrees Celcius	Average number of days where maximum temperature is more or equal to 35 degrees Celcius	Average number of days where maximum temperature is more or equal to 30 degrees Celcius
Jan	25.8 degC	0.7	3.6	7.8
Feb	25.8 degC	0.3	2.7	6.9
Mar	23.8 degC	0.1	0.9	4.9
Apr	20.2 degC	0	0	0.5
May	16.6 degC	0	0	0
Jun	14.0 degC	0	0	0
Jul	13.4 degC	0	0	0
Aug	14.9 degC	0	0	0
Sept	17.2 degC	0	0	0
Oct	19.6 degC	0	0	0.8
Nov	21.8 degC	0	0.5	3.0
Dec	24.1 degC	0.2	1.9	5.8

Source: Bureau of Meteorology

Do leave a comment if you need help interpreting the information, or if you would like me to provide weather information on other cities, whether in or out of Australia.

For more precise information closer to your wedding date, check out the Bureau of Meteorology for 7-day forecasts or The Weather Channel for 10-day forecasts.