Armidale weather in May

In May, Armidale sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 32 mm of rain across 4.6 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of May to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Armidale's 6th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Armidale's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 32 mm; 4.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 7:36 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 6th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

Armidale is city in New South Wales, Australia.

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 17.2 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical May day in Armidale reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	6
2	18	6
3	18	6
4	17	6
5	17	6
6	17	6
7	17	5
8	17	5
9	17	5
10	17	5
11	17	5
12	16	5
13	16	5
14	16	5
15	16	5
16	16	4
17	16	4
18	16	4
19	16	4
20	16	4
21	15	4
22	15	4
23	15	4
24	15	4
25	15	4
26	15	4
27	15	4
28	15	4
29	15	4
30	14	3
31	14	3

How May really feels in Armidale

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Armidale weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 14°	96	10.6	13.7	6.9
Feb	25° / 14°	80	9.1	13.1	7.0
Mar	23° / 11°	51	7.4	12.2	7.4
Apr	20° / 8°	25	4	11.3	7.3
May	16° / 5°	32	4.6	10.5	5.8
Jun	13° / 2°	35	5.1	10.1	4.1
Jul	13° / 1°	28	4.6	10.2	4.0
Aug	14° / 2°	31	4.7	10.9	5.1
Sep	18° / 5°	36	6.1	11.8	6.6
Oct	21° / 8°	61	8.2	12.7	7.0
Nov	23° / 10°	85	10.1	13.5	6.8
Dec	24° / 13°	92	11.6	13.9	6.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	61	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	58	57	57
Cloudier (%)	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	43	43

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	57	43
31	57	43

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Armidale gets around 32 mm of rain over 4.6 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 15% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	14
2	14
3	14
4	14
5	14
6	14
7	14
8	14
9	14
10	14
11	14
12	15
13	15
14	15
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	16
23	16
24	16
25	16
26	16
27	16
28	16
29	16
30	16
31	16

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of May to 10 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:26 AM to 7:45 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 5:56 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:26	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:40	7:41	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:43	7:44	7:44	7:45
Sunset (PM)	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	7:26	6:15
2	10.8	7:26	6:15
3	10.8	7:27	6:14
4	10.8	7:28	6:13
5	10.7	7:28	6:12
6	10.7	7:29	6:11
7	10.7	7:30	6:10
8	10.7	7:30	6:09
9	10.6	7:31	6:09
10	10.6	7:32	6:08
11	10.6	7:32	6:07
12	10.6	7:33	6:06
13	10.5	7:34	6:06
14	10.5	7:34	6:05
15	10.5	7:35	6:04
16	10.5	7:36	6:04
17	10.4	7:36	6:03
18	10.4	7:37	6:02
19	10.4	7:38	6:02
20	10.4	7:38	6:01
21	10.4	7:39	6:01
22	10.3	7:40	6:00
23	10.3	7:40	6:00
24	10.3	7:41	5:59
25	10.3	7:41	5:59
26	10.3	7:42	5:58
27	10.3	7:43	5:58
28	10.2	7:43	5:57
29	10.2	7:44	5:57
30	10.2	7:44	5:57
31	10.2	7:45	5:56

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.82 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 3.4 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.3	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.3	Moderate
21	3.3	Moderate
22	3.2	Moderate
23	3.2	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.2	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.1	Moderate
29	3.1	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate
31	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Armidale

In seasonPeak

None of Armidale's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Armidale's rainy season runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Armidale?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.8

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.8

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Armidale for sightseeing.

What to pack for Armidale in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Armidale sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Armidale in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Armidale peaks around January 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	14	11	8	5	4	4	5	7	10	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	5	Moderate
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	5	High
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Armidale in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Armidale is worst in December — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.8× the cleanest month (June, 8 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Armidale's WHO annual average of 17.2 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	17	11	11	12	10	8	9	9	13	19	34	54
Level	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	11	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	12	Moderate
May	10	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	9	Good
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	34	Moderate
Dec	54	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Armidale?

Armidale sits at 30.5°S, 151.7°E, 1,053 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Tamworth, 96 km away.

Topography around Armidale

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Armidale.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Armidale has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m around an average of 1,013 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 514 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,490 m.

The land around Armidale is covered by grassland (53%), artificial surfaces (24%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (77%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and trees (46%) within 80 km.

3 km

123 m

grassland 53%

16 km

514 m

grassland 77%

80 km

1,490 m

grassland 53%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

← April Armidale year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Tamworth 96 km · Coffs Harbour 141 km · Grafton 152 km · Port Macquarie 157 km · Taree 174 km · Muswellbrook 209 km · Maitland 248 km · Warwick 256 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 90% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $65,130; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 4.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Armidale (-30.5012°, 151.6655°, elevation 1,053 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	6
2	18	6
3	18	6
4	17	6
5	17	6
6	17	6
7	17	5
8	17	5
9	17	5
10	17	5
11	17	5
12	16	5
13	16	5
14	16	5
15	16	5
16	16	4
17	16	4
18	16	4
19	16	4
20	16	4
21	15	4
22	15	4
23	15	4
24	15	4
25	15	4
26	15	4
27	15	4
28	15	4
29	15	4
30	14	3
31	14	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	57	43
31	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	14
2	14
3	14
4	14
5	14
6	14
7	14
8	14
9	14
10	14
11	14
12	15
13	15
14	15
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	16
23	16
24	16
25	16
26	16
27	16
28	16
29	16
30	16
31	16

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	6
2	18	6
3	18	6
4	17	6
5	17	6
6	17	6
7	17	5
8	17	5
9	17	5
10	17	5
11	17	5
12	16	5
13	16	5
14	16	5
15	16	5
16	16	4
17	16	4
18	16	4
19	16	4
20	16	4
21	15	4
22	15	4
23	15	4
24	15	4
25	15	4
26	15	4
27	15	4
28	15	4
29	15	4
30	14	3
31	14	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	57	43
31	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	14
2	14
3	14
4	14
5	14
6	14
7	14
8	14
9	14
10	14
11	14
12	15
13	15
14	15
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	16
23	16
24	16
25	16
26	16
27	16
28	16
29	16
30	16
31	16

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	6
2	18	6
3	18	6
4	17	6
5	17	6
6	17	6
7	17	5
8	17	5
9	17	5
10	17	5
11	17	5
12	16	5
13	16	5
14	16	5
15	16	5
16	16	4
17	16	4
18	16	4
19	16	4
20	16	4
21	15	4
22	15	4
23	15	4
24	15	4
25	15	4
26	15	4
27	15	4
28	15	4
29	15	4
30	14	3
31	14	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	57	43
31	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	14
2	14
3	14
4	14
5	14
6	14
7	14
8	14
9	14
10	14
11	14
12	15
13	15
14	15
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	16
23	16
24	16
25	16
26	16
27	16
28	16
29	16
30	16
31	16

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0