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Gold Coast in May

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Gold Coast is warm: highs near 74°F, lows near 62°F. Rain falls on about three 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 Gold Coast is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about three 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
74°F23°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
10h 45mon average

Is May a good time to visit Gold Coast?

A good month, just outside Gold Coast'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 74°F in May, against 69°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in May, against 21°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in May, against 19% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

32% cover in May, against 19% to 39% through the year.

Daylight

10h 45m in May, against 10h 24m to 13h 53m 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. April78°26°low 66°low 19°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May74°23°low 62°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June70°21°low 58°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Gold Coast sits, in May

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:20 AMsets 5:05 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
28.0°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Brisbane70 km north-west

The land around Gold Coast, 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 Gold Coast

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