Adelaide climate

Adelaide Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 20°C on May 1 to 16°C on May 31, and lows from 11°C to 8°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 50 mm over about 9 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Adelaide, in °C, with the record for each date.0102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
18°C
Average low
9°C
Precipitation
50 mm
Reanalysis high
28°CMay 4, 2005
Reanalysis low
3°CMay 16, 1999
Daylight
10 h 42 min to 9 h 59 min
Cloud cover
52%
Humidity
73%
Dew point
8°C
Wind
13.7 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 120°C11°C27°C 19976°C 199826%
May 220°C10°C27°C 20025°C 199826%
May 320°C10°C28°C 20027°C 199427%
May 419°C10°C28°C 20055°C 199427%
May 519°C10°C26°C 19935°C 200328%
May 619°C10°C27°C 20027°C 200429%
May 719°C10°C27°C 20027°C 201430%
May 819°C10°C28°C 20135°C 201730%
May 919°C10°C27°C 20135°C 201728%
May 1019°C10°C27°C 20135°C 200428%
May 1119°C10°C26°C 20134°C 200428%
May 1218°C10°C23°C 20005°C 199429%
May 1318°C10°C25°C 19985°C 199430%
May 1418°C10°C26°C 20015°C 201030%
May 1518°C10°C24°C 19985°C 201031%
May 1618°C9°C24°C 19983°C 199932%
May 1718°C9°C23°C 19984°C 199332%
May 1818°C9°C24°C 19996°C 199333%
May 1918°C9°C22°C 20145°C 199234%
May 2018°C9°C22°C 20146°C 201233%
May 2117°C9°C24°C 20144°C 199833%
May 2217°C9°C23°C 20195°C 199533%
May 2317°C9°C23°C 20194°C 201533%
May 2417°C9°C26°C 19944°C 199234%
May 2517°C9°C22°C 20144°C 200635%
May 2617°C9°C23°C 20184°C 199834%
May 2717°C9°C19°C 20155°C 200634%
May 2817°C9°C21°C 20185°C 200234%
May 2917°C9°C23°C 19934°C 200237%
May 3016°C8°C22°C 20133°C 200638%
May 3116°C8°C22°C 19914°C 199738%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Adelaide, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+9:30).

May 1
sunrise 6:52 AM, sunset 5:34 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:14 AM, sunset 5:13 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.