Climate averages 1991–2020
Maitland weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Maitland: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newcastle, Australia (30 km away). In May its highs average 18.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Maitland, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Maitland ranks joint 15th of 32 for the warmest May highs and 14th of 32 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 32 cities is 19.5°C; Maitland is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 16.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 59 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
Maitland climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 66 | 9.9 | 14.014 h |
| February | 27.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 81 | 9.6 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 74 | 10.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 51 | 7.9 | 11.311 h |
| May, selected | 19.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 47 | 8.0 | 10.510 h |
| June | 16.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 59 | 8.5 | 10.010 h |
| July | 16.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 37 | 6.0 | 10.210 h |
| August | 18.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 31 | 5.3 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 37 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 52 | 7.6 | 12.913 h |
| November | 25.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 72 | 9.3 | 13.814 h |
| December | 27.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 71 | 10.0 | 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
- Newcastle, Australia in MayAustralia · 30 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 13.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Central Coast in MayAustralia · 79 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Sydney in MayAustralia · 130 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in MayAustralia · 158 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Wollongong in MayAustralia · 198 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in MayAustralia · 309 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Canberra in MayAustralia · 361 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in MayAustralia · 376 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 34 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 Maitland) is explained once on the Maitland year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.