Climate averages 1991–2020
Toowoomba weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 6th 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 Toowoomba: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brisbane (106 km away). In May its highs average 22.3°C, 2.8°C warmer than Toowoomba, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Toowoomba ranks joint 15th of 32 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 32 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 32 cities is 19.5°C; Toowoomba is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 32 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
Toowoomba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 92 | 10.4 | 13.714 h |
| February | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 93 | 8.8 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.5°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 60 | 7.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 22 | 3.9 | 11.511 h |
| May, selected | 19.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 37 | 3.9 | 10.811 h |
| June | 16.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 32 | 4.5 | 10.410 h |
| July | 16.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 22 | 3.6 | 10.611 h |
| August | 18.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 28 | 3.5 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 29 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 66 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| November | 26.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 74 | 8.2 | 13.513 h |
| December | 27.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 103 | 10.0 | 13.814 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
- Brisbane in MayAustralia · 106 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Logan City in MayAustralia · 114 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Caloundra in MayAustralia · 143 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 15.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in MayAustralia · 150 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Gold Coast in MayAustralia · 153 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Bundaberg in MayAustralia · 302 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in MayAustralia · 324 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Rockhampton in MayAustralia · 487 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 29 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 Toowoomba) is explained once on the Toowoomba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.