Climate averages 1991–2020
Gold Coast weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Gold Coast: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Logan City (51 km away). In May its highs average 22.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Gold Coast, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Gold Coast ranks 11th of 32 for the warmest May highs and joint 31st of 32 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 32 cities is 19.5°C; Gold Coast is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 94 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
Gold Coast climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 130 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| February | 26.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 150 | 13.7 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 116 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 73 | 12.2 | 11.411 h |
| May, selected | 21.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 97 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| June | 19.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 94 | 9.5 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 48 | 6.3 | 10.511 h |
| August | 20.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 47 | 5.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 22.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 40 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 75 | 8.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 82 | 9.2 | 13.513 h |
| December | 26.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 109 | 11.1 | 13.914 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
- Logan City in MayAustralia · 51 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Brisbane in MayAustralia · 71 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Caloundra in MayAustralia · 137 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 15.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Toowoomba in MayAustralia · 153 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in MayAustralia · 153 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in MayAustralia · 257 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Bundaberg in MayAustralia · 365 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Maitland in MayAustralia · 556 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 47 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 Gold Coast) is explained once on the Gold Coast year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.