Climate averages 1991–2020
Central Coast weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Central Coast: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sydney (51 km away). In May its highs average 18.7°C, about as warm as Central Coast, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Central Coast ranks 19th of 32 for the warmest May highs and 23rd of 32 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 32 cities is 19.5°C; Central Coast is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 86 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Central Coast climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 78 | 10.4 | 14.114 h |
| February | 25.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 102 | 11.2 | 13.313 h |
| March | 23.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 89 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 77 | 10.2 | 11.311 h |
| May, selected | 18.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 70 | 9.2 | 10.410 h |
| June | 16.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 86 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| July | 16.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 49 | 7.2 | 10.210 h |
| August | 17.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 49 | 6.5 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 51 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 62 | 8.6 | 12.913 h |
| November | 22.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 81 | 10.0 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 70 | 10.2 | 14.314 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Sydney in MayAustralia · 51 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in MayAustralia · 67 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 13.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Maitland in MayAustralia · 79 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in MayAustralia · 101 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Wollongong in MayAustralia · 119 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Canberra in MayAustralia · 291 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in MayAustralia · 306 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in MayAustralia · 385 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 74 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Central Coast) is explained once on the Central Coast year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.