Darwin Weather in May
Average highs run from 31°C on May 1 to 32°C on May 31, and lows from 22°C to 20°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 19 mm over about 3 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 32°C
- Average low
- 21°C
- Precipitation
- 19 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 37°CMay 23, 2016
- Reanalysis low
- 11°CMay 30, 2006
- Daylight
- 11 h 40 min to 11 h 27 min
- Cloud cover
- 33%
- Humidity
- 71%
- Dew point
- 19°C
- Wind
- 14.0 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 31°C | 22°C | 35°C 2003 | 12°C 1999 | 16% |
| May 2 | 31°C | 22°C | 35°C 2003 | 13°C 1999 | 15% |
| May 3 | 31°C | 21°C | 34°C 2020 | 14°C 1999 | 15% |
| May 4 | 31°C | 21°C | 35°C 2020 | 16°C 2006 | 14% |
| May 5 | 31°C | 21°C | 35°C 2020 | 17°C 2006 | 13% |
| May 6 | 31°C | 21°C | 34°C 2016 | 16°C 1996 | 12% |
| May 7 | 31°C | 21°C | 34°C 2002 | 16°C 1998 | 12% |
| May 8 | 31°C | 21°C | 35°C 2002 | 16°C 2006 | 12% |
| May 9 | 31°C | 21°C | 35°C 2002 | 15°C 2006 | 12% |
| May 10 | 31°C | 21°C | 34°C 2020 | 16°C 1999 | 12% |
| May 11 | 31°C | 21°C | 35°C 2020 | 15°C 1999 | 13% |
| May 12 | 31°C | 21°C | 35°C 2005 | 14°C 2011 | 13% |
| May 13 | 32°C | 21°C | 35°C 2020 | 12°C 2011 | 13% |
| May 14 | 32°C | 21°C | 35°C 2016 | 15°C 2011 | 13% |
| May 15 | 32°C | 21°C | 36°C 2020 | 14°C 2015 | 14% |
| May 16 | 32°C | 21°C | 36°C 2016 | 14°C 2015 | 14% |
| May 17 | 32°C | 21°C | 36°C 2016 | 15°C 2018 | 14% |
| May 18 | 32°C | 21°C | 35°C 2016 | 15°C 2018 | 13% |
| May 19 | 32°C | 21°C | 36°C 2020 | 15°C 2001 | 13% |
| May 20 | 32°C | 21°C | 36°C 2016 | 12°C 2001 | 13% |
| May 21 | 32°C | 21°C | 36°C 2016 | 14°C 1995 | 13% |
| May 22 | 32°C | 21°C | 36°C 2016 | 15°C 2001 | 12% |
| May 23 | 32°C | 21°C | 37°C 2016 | 14°C 2001 | 12% |
| May 24 | 32°C | 20°C | 36°C 2003 | 15°C 2001 | 12% |
| May 25 | 32°C | 20°C | 36°C 2016 | 15°C 2013 | 11% |
| May 26 | 32°C | 20°C | 36°C 2016 | 12°C 2011 | 9% |
| May 27 | 32°C | 20°C | 36°C 2016 | 13°C 2011 | 8% |
| May 28 | 32°C | 20°C | 36°C 2016 | 14°C 2006 | 7% |
| May 29 | 32°C | 20°C | 34°C 2016 | 13°C 2006 | 7% |
| May 30 | 32°C | 20°C | 36°C 2016 | 11°C 2006 | 6% |
| May 31 | 32°C | 20°C | 36°C 2016 | 12°C 2006 | 5% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+9:30).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:54 AM, sunset 6:34 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 7:01 AM, sunset 6:28 PM
Other months
Sources
Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.