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Brisbane in May

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Brisbane is warm: highs near 76°F, lows near 57°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Brisbane is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
76°F24°Caverage
Low
57°F14°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 28% of days
Daylight
10h 46mon average

Is May a good time to visit Brisbane?

A good month, just outside Brisbane's best months, which run from June to September.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 76°F in May, against 71°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in May, against 22°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

28% of days in May, against 16% to 48% through the year.

Cloud cover

33% cover in May, against 18% to 40% through the year.

Daylight

10h 46m in May, against 10h 26m to 13h 51m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April81°27°low 63°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May76°24°low 57°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June71°22°low 53°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Brisbane sits, in May

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:20 AMsets 5:08 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
27.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Gold Coast70 km south-east

The land around Brisbane, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Australia in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Brisbane

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Brisbane. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.