Bundaberg Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Bundaberg, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 25°C on May 1 to 23°C on May 31, and lows from 19°C to 16°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 65 mm over about 12 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: 24°C
Average low: 17°C
Precipitation: 65 mm
Reanalysis high: 29°CMay 2, 2016
Reanalysis low: 8°CMay 31, 2000
Daylight: 11 h 11 min to 10 h 42 min
Cloud cover: 51%
Humidity: 72%
Dew point: 15°C
Wind: 14.4 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	25°C	19°C	28°C 2006	15°C 2009	41%
May 2	25°C	19°C	29°C 2016	13°C 2020	41%
May 3	25°C	19°C	28°C 2016	14°C 2020	41%
May 4	25°C	19°C	28°C 2007	12°C 2014	41%
May 5	25°C	19°C	28°C 2007	12°C 2014	41%
May 6	25°C	18°C	27°C 2015	12°C 2014	39%
May 7	25°C	18°C	27°C 2007	13°C 2014	38%
May 8	25°C	18°C	27°C 2007	14°C 2008	37%
May 9	25°C	18°C	27°C 2018	15°C 1998	37%
May 10	24°C	18°C	29°C 2016	13°C 2015	37%
May 11	24°C	18°C	26°C 2001	12°C 1997	37%
May 12	24°C	18°C	27°C 2010	11°C 2011	36%
May 13	24°C	18°C	26°C 2012	12°C 2011	37%
May 14	24°C	18°C	26°C 1993	12°C 2015	37%
May 15	24°C	17°C	27°C 1993	12°C 2015	38%
May 16	24°C	17°C	27°C 2002	13°C 2009	38%
May 17	24°C	17°C	28°C 2002	13°C 2009	38%
May 18	24°C	17°C	27°C 2003	13°C 2013	37%
May 19	24°C	17°C	28°C 2003	12°C 2008	37%
May 20	24°C	17°C	28°C 2003	11°C 2013	36%
May 21	24°C	17°C	26°C 2015	12°C 1994	37%
May 22	24°C	17°C	26°C 2007	10°C 1998	38%
May 23	23°C	17°C	25°C 2016	11°C 1992	39%
May 24	23°C	17°C	28°C 2016	9°C 2020	38%
May 25	23°C	17°C	26°C 2016	10°C 2006	37%
May 26	23°C	17°C	27°C 2016	11°C 2011	37%
May 27	23°C	16°C	28°C 2016	10°C 2012	37%
May 28	23°C	16°C	26°C 2016	11°C 1995	36%
May 29	23°C	16°C	26°C 2014	9°C 2000	36%
May 30	23°C	16°C	26°C 2007	9°C 2000	35%
May 31	23°C	16°C	26°C 1999	8°C 2000	35%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).

May 1: sunrise 6:12 AM, sunset 5:23 PM
May 31: sunrise 6:27 AM, sunset 5:09 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

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.