Sydney Weather in May
Average highs run from 8°C on May 1 to 13°C on May 31, and lows from 1°C to 6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 81 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
- 10°C
- Average low
- 4°C
- Precipitation
- 81 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 22°CMay 28, 2020
- Reanalysis low
- -3°CMay 10, 1993
- Daylight
- 14 h 22 min to 15 h 30 min
- Cloud cover
- 74%
- Humidity
- 85%
- Dew point
- 4°C
- Wind
- 23.8 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 | 8°C | 1°C | 16°C 1998 | -2°C 2001 | 45% |
| May 2 | 8°C | 2°C | 13°C 2005 | -1°C 1995 | 45% |
| May 3 | 8°C | 2°C | 15°C 1999 | -1°C 2001 | 47% |
| May 4 | 8°C | 2°C | 22°C 1999 | -1°C 1992 | 46% |
| May 5 | 8°C | 2°C | 17°C 1999 | -2°C 1992 | 45% |
| May 6 | 9°C | 2°C | 21°C 1999 | -1°C 1997 | 43% |
| May 7 | 9°C | 2°C | 22°C 1999 | -1°C 1997 | 42% |
| May 8 | 9°C | 2°C | 20°C 1999 | -1°C 2014 | 43% |
| May 9 | 9°C | 3°C | 17°C 2001 | -1°C 1993 | 44% |
| May 10 | 9°C | 3°C | 15°C 2015 | -3°C 1993 | 42% |
| May 11 | 9°C | 3°C | 15°C 2013 | -3°C 1993 | 43% |
| May 12 | 10°C | 3°C | 15°C 1995 | 0°C 1993 | 42% |
| May 13 | 10°C | 3°C | 14°C 2009 | -1°C 1993 | 43% |
| May 14 | 10°C | 3°C | 15°C 2006 | 0°C 2014 | 43% |
| May 15 | 10°C | 3°C | 20°C 2006 | 0°C 2007 | 43% |
| May 16 | 10°C | 3°C | 17°C 1999 | 0°C 1992 | 43% |
| May 17 | 10°C | 4°C | 16°C 2014 | 0°C 1995 | 42% |
| May 18 | 10°C | 4°C | 18°C 2017 | 1°C 1991 | 41% |
| May 19 | 11°C | 4°C | 21°C 2017 | 0°C 1991 | 40% |
| May 20 | 11°C | 4°C | 17°C 2003 | 1°C 2013 | 41% |
| May 21 | 11°C | 4°C | 20°C 2016 | 2°C 2002 | 42% |
| May 22 | 11°C | 4°C | 20°C 1993 | 2°C 2011 | 42% |
| May 23 | 11°C | 5°C | 18°C 2012 | 0°C 1991 | 43% |
| May 24 | 12°C | 5°C | 18°C 2010 | 0°C 1991 | 42% |
| May 25 | 12°C | 5°C | 20°C 1991 | 1°C 1994 | 42% |
| May 26 | 12°C | 5°C | 19°C 2007 | 2°C 2002 | 43% |
| May 27 | 12°C | 5°C | 18°C 2020 | 2°C 1997 | 43% |
| May 28 | 12°C | 5°C | 22°C 2020 | 1°C 1997 | 43% |
| May 29 | 12°C | 6°C | 18°C 1992 | 2°C 2017 | 44% |
| May 30 | 12°C | 6°C | 22°C 1992 | 2°C 1997 | 45% |
| May 31 | 13°C | 6°C | 21°C 2013 | 2°C 1991 | 45% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (ADT).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:47 AM, sunset 8:09 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:14 AM, sunset 8:44 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.