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Melbourne in May

Mild and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Melbourne is mild: highs near 64°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 45 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Melbourne is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 45 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
64°F18°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 32% of days
Daylight
10h 06mon average

Is May a good time to visit Melbourne?

May sits outside Melbourne's best months, which run from December 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 64°F in May, against 58°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in May, against 14°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

32% of days in May, against 20% to 41% through the year.

Cloud cover

49% cover in May, against 35% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

10h 06m in May, against 9h 35m to 14h 44m 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. April71°22°low 53°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May64°18°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June59°15°low 45°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Melbourne sits, in May

Australia/Melbourne
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
7:12 AMsets 5:20 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
37.8°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Merricks North61 km south

The land around Melbourne, 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 Melbourne

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