Perth climate

Perth Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 24°C on May 1 to 19°C on May 31, and lows from 11°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 78 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 Perth, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
21°C
Average low
10°C
Precipitation
78 mm
Reanalysis high
33°CMay 1, 2002
Reanalysis low
3°CMay 18, 2019
Daylight
10 h 51 min to 10 h 12 min
Cloud cover
43%
Humidity
68%
Dew point
8°C
Wind
15.8 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 124°C11°C33°C 20026°C 201624%
May 224°C11°C29°C 20035°C 201925%
May 324°C11°C31°C 19946°C 201926%
May 423°C11°C31°C 19986°C 199727%
May 523°C11°C30°C 20026°C 201527%
May 623°C11°C29°C 20045°C 199727%
May 723°C11°C30°C 20176°C 199727%
May 823°C11°C29°C 20105°C 199728%
May 923°C11°C28°C 19954°C 201629%
May 1022°C11°C28°C 20056°C 202029%
May 1122°C10°C29°C 20186°C 200029%
May 1222°C10°C32°C 20186°C 200128%
May 1322°C10°C27°C 20205°C 200130%
May 1422°C10°C28°C 20205°C 200430%
May 1521°C10°C28°C 20194°C 201030%
May 1621°C10°C27°C 19976°C 201031%
May 1721°C10°C28°C 19974°C 201931%
May 1821°C10°C26°C 20103°C 201931%
May 1921°C10°C25°C 19944°C 201931%
May 2021°C10°C26°C 20105°C 201531%
May 2121°C10°C25°C 20125°C 200732%
May 2220°C9°C27°C 20185°C 199333%
May 2320°C9°C25°C 20185°C 199934%
May 2420°C9°C27°C 19985°C 199134%
May 2520°C9°C27°C 19985°C 200636%
May 2620°C9°C27°C 20024°C 200436%
May 2720°C9°C24°C 20084°C 200437%
May 2819°C9°C24°C 20116°C 200436%
May 2919°C9°C25°C 20115°C 199535%
May 3019°C9°C25°C 19964°C 199534%
May 3119°C9°C26°C 20174°C 199534%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

May 1
sunrise 6:48 AM, sunset 5:39 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:08 AM, sunset 5:20 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.