Perth Weather in May
Average highs run from 11°C on May 1 to 14°C on May 31, and lows from 3°C to 6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 78 mm over about 16 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
- 12°C
- Average low
- 4°C
- Precipitation
- 78 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 23°CMay 26, 2017
- Reanalysis low
- -3°CMay 1, 2015
- Daylight
- 15 h 27 min to 17 h 16 min
- Cloud cover
- 74%
- Humidity
- 85%
- Dew point
- 6°C
- Wind
- 16.6 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 | 11°C | 3°C | 17°C 1997 | -3°C 2015 | 53% |
| May 2 | 11°C | 3°C | 18°C 2007 | -2°C 1996 | 52% |
| May 3 | 11°C | 3°C | 18°C 1995 | -2°C 1996 | 51% |
| May 4 | 11°C | 3°C | 18°C 1995 | -2°C 1996 | 50% |
| May 5 | 11°C | 3°C | 17°C 2008 | -3°C 2012 | 50% |
| May 6 | 11°C | 3°C | 17°C 2018 | -3°C 1997 | 49% |
| May 7 | 12°C | 3°C | 18°C 2008 | -2°C 1997 | 48% |
| May 8 | 12°C | 3°C | 17°C 2008 | -1°C 2010 | 48% |
| May 9 | 12°C | 3°C | 20°C 2000 | -2°C 1996 | 48% |
| May 10 | 12°C | 4°C | 18°C 2004 | -2°C 2005 | 49% |
| May 11 | 12°C | 4°C | 18°C 2006 | -3°C 2020 | 50% |
| May 12 | 12°C | 4°C | 22°C 2001 | -1°C 2020 | 52% |
| May 13 | 12°C | 4°C | 17°C 2001 | -3°C 2020 | 52% |
| May 14 | 12°C | 4°C | 20°C 1992 | -1°C 2020 | 53% |
| May 15 | 12°C | 4°C | 20°C 2019 | -3°C 1995 | 51% |
| May 16 | 12°C | 4°C | 18°C 1998 | -2°C 1995 | 51% |
| May 17 | 12°C | 4°C | 18°C 1998 | -2°C 1996 | 50% |
| May 18 | 13°C | 4°C | 17°C 1998 | -2°C 1996 | 50% |
| May 19 | 13°C | 5°C | 18°C 2013 | -2°C 1995 | 49% |
| May 20 | 13°C | 5°C | 20°C 2013 | -1°C 1994 | 50% |
| May 21 | 13°C | 5°C | 19°C 2010 | 0°C 1994 | 51% |
| May 22 | 13°C | 5°C | 21°C 2010 | 0°C 1997 | 52% |
| May 23 | 13°C | 5°C | 22°C 2012 | -1°C 1997 | 53% |
| May 24 | 13°C | 5°C | 22°C 2012 | 0°C 1994 | 53% |
| May 25 | 14°C | 5°C | 22°C 2017 | 1°C 2013 | 54% |
| May 26 | 14°C | 6°C | 23°C 2017 | 0°C 1994 | 52% |
| May 27 | 14°C | 6°C | 21°C 2017 | -1°C 1994 | 52% |
| May 28 | 14°C | 6°C | 21°C 2018 | 1°C 2007 | 51% |
| May 29 | 14°C | 6°C | 22°C 2020 | 2°C 1999 | 51% |
| May 30 | 14°C | 6°C | 21°C 2018 | 1°C 1999 | 52% |
| May 31 | 14°C | 6°C | 20°C 2003 | 0°C 2006 | 52% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:28 AM, sunset 8:55 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 4:34 AM, sunset 9:50 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.