Climate averages 1991–2020
Launceston weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Launceston: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hobart (161 km away). In May its highs average 14.1°C, about as warm as Launceston, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Launceston ranks 30th of 32 for the warmest May highs and joint 20th of 32 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 32 cities is 19.5°C; Launceston is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 11.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 61 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
Launceston climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 54 | 6.5 | 14.815 h |
| February | 22.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 46 | 6.5 | 13.714 h |
| March | 20.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 49 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| April | 17.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 53 | 7.3 | 11.011 h |
| May, selected | 14.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 60 | 8.3 | 9.810 h |
| June | 11.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 61 | 9.1 | 9.29 h |
| July | 11.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 74 | 10.3 | 9.59 h |
| August | 12.2°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 81 | 11.1 | 10.510 h |
| September | 14.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 76 | 11.4 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 63 | 9.9 | 13.213 h |
| November | 18.8°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 61 | 9.5 | 14.414 h |
| December | 21.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 57 | 8.1 | 15.115 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
- Hobart in MayAustralia · 161 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Geelong in MayAustralia · 436 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Melbourne in MayAustralia · 444 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Ballarat in MayAustralia · 515 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Bendigo in MayAustralia · 576 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 7.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in MayAustralia · 690 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Canberra in MayAustralia · 706 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Sydney in MayAustralia · 915 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 79 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 Launceston) is explained once on the Launceston year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.