Climate averages 1991–2020
Geelong weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Geelong: daytime highs average 16.1°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Melbourne (65 km away). In May its highs average 16.1°C, about as warm as Geelong, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Geelong ranks joint 23rd of 32 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 32 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 32 cities is 19.5°C; Geelong is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 13.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 39 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
Geelong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 37 | 5.6 | 14.514 h |
| February | 23.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 34 | 4.6 | 13.514 h |
| March | 22.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 26 | 4.6 | 12.412 h |
| April | 19.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 33 | 5.7 | 11.111 h |
| May, selected | 16.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 32 | 7.1 | 10.110 h |
| June | 13.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 39 | 8.6 | 9.610 h |
| July | 13.0°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 37 | 9.1 | 9.810 h |
| August | 13.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 40 | 9.6 | 10.711 h |
| September | 15.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 49 | 10.2 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 50 | 9.0 | 13.013 h |
| November | 19.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 55 | 8.3 | 14.214 h |
| December | 21.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 42 | 6.9 | 14.815 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
- Melbourne in MayAustralia · 65 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Ballarat in MayAustralia · 79 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Bendigo in MayAustralia · 155 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 7.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Launceston in MayAustralia · 436 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in MayAustralia · 518 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Canberra in MayAustralia · 531 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Hobart in MayAustralia · 583 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in MayAustralia · 620 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 44 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 Geelong) is explained once on the Geelong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.