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Coles Bay in May

Mild and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Coles Bay is mild: highs near 61°F, lows near 51°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 53 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Coles Bay is mild: highs near 16°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 53 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
61°F16°Caverage
Low
51°F11°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 25% of days
Daylight
9h 46mon average

Is May a good time to visit Coles Bay?

May sits outside Coles Bay's best months, which run from January to March. Expect mild days and rain on about two days a week.

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 61°F in May, against 57°F to 70°F through the year.Highs near 16°C in May, against 14°C to 21°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

25% of days in May, against 25% to 36% through the year.

Cloud cover

52% cover in May, against 47% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

9h 46m in May, against 9h 09m to 15h 12m 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. April65°18°low 54°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May61°16°low 51°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June58°14°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Coles Bay sits, in May

Australia/Hobart
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
7:09 AMsets 4:57 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
42.1°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Lake St Clair175 km west

The land around Coles Bay, 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 Coles Bay

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Coles Bay. 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.