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Whitsundays in May

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Whitsundays is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 71°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Whitsundays is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
71°F22°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 51% of days
Daylight
11h 10mon average

Is May a good time to visit Whitsundays?

A good month, just outside Whitsundays's best months, which run from July to October.

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 78°F in May, against 73°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in May, against 23°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

51% of days in May, against 16% to 66% through the year.

Cloud cover

41% cover in May, against 30% to 64% through the year.

Daylight

11h 10m in May, against 10h 55m to 13h 20m 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. April82°28°low 75°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. May78°26°low 71°low 22°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. June74°23°low 68°low 20°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Whitsundays sits, in May

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:25 AMsets 5:35 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
20.3°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Cairns499 km north-west

The land around Whitsundays, 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 Whitsundays

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 9 km east of Whitsundays. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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.