Climate averages 1991–2020
Coffs Harbour weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Coffs Harbour: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gold Coast (257 km away). In May its highs average 21.4°C, 1.5°C warmer than Coffs Harbour, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Coffs Harbour ranks 14th of 32 for the warmest May highs and 25th of 32 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 32 cities is 19.5°C; Coffs Harbour is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 81 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
Coffs Harbour climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 160 | 15.5 | 13.914 h |
| February | 26.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 166 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| March | 24.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 163 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 78 | 12.4 | 11.411 h |
| May, selected | 19.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 74 | 9.1 | 10.611 h |
| June | 17.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 81 | 7.4 | 10.210 h |
| July | 17.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 36 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| August | 19.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 45 | 5.2 | 11.011 h |
| September | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 43 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 88 | 10.5 | 12.813 h |
| November | 24.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 131 | 14.1 | 13.614 h |
| December | 25.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 150 | 15.8 | 14.114 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
- Gold Coast in MayAustralia · 257 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Logan City in MayAustralia · 295 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Maitland in MayAustralia · 309 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Brisbane in MayAustralia · 315 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in MayAustralia · 319 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 13.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Toowoomba in MayAustralia · 324 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Central Coast in MayAustralia · 385 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Caloundra in MayAustralia · 388 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 15.9°C · 77 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 Coffs Harbour) is explained once on the Coffs Harbour year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.