Broken Hill weather in May

In May, Broken Hill sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 13 mm of rain across 2.6 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% 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 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Broken Hill's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Broken Hill's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 13 mm; 2.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 7:49 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 11th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 3.37 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

Broken Hill is town in New South Wales, Australia.

Density: 103/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1883

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 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Broken Hill reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°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)	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7

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

How May really feels in Broken Hill

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.

Broken Hill weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 20°	21	2.8	13.9	3.9
Feb	33° / 19°	27	2.6	13.2	4.7
Mar	29° / 16°	14	1.9	12.2	7.0
Apr	24° / 12°	11	1.7	11.2	8.6
May	19° / 9°	13	2.6	10.4	7.5
Jun	16° / 6°	15	3.1	10	6.0
Jul	16° / 6°	13	2.8	10.1	6.0
Aug	18° / 7°	14	2.9	10.8	7.2
Sep	22° / 9°	21	3	11.8	8.2
Oct	26° / 12°	18	3.2	12.8	8.3
Nov	29° / 15°	23	3.6	13.6	6.7
Dec	32° / 18°	21	3.2	14.1	5.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	69	68	68	68	66	66	65	64	64	62	62	61	61	60	59	59	59	60
Cloudier (%)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	31	32	32	32	34	34	35	36	36	38	38	39	39	40	41	41	41	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	69	31
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	65	35
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	60	40

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Broken Hill gets around 13 mm of rain over 2.6 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 9% and peaks near 11% 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 (%)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11

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

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 98% 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 (%)	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May, the calmest month.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of May to 10 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:39 AM to 7:59 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:04 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	10.7	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	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:39	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:57	7:58	7:59	7:59
Sunset (PM)	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	7:39	6:24
2	10.7	7:39	6:23
3	10.7	7:40	6:22
4	10.7	7:41	6:21
5	10.6	7:41	6:20
6	10.6	7:42	6:20
7	10.6	7:43	6:19
8	10.6	7:44	6:18
9	10.5	7:44	6:17
10	10.5	7:45	6:16
11	10.5	7:46	6:15
12	10.5	7:46	6:15
13	10.4	7:47	6:14
14	10.4	7:48	6:13
15	10.4	7:49	6:12
16	10.4	7:49	6:12
17	10.3	7:50	6:11
18	10.3	7:51	6:10
19	10.3	7:51	6:10
20	10.3	7:52	6:09
21	10.3	7:53	6:08
22	10.2	7:53	6:08
23	10.2	7:54	6:07
24	10.2	7:55	6:07
25	10.2	7:55	6:06
26	10.2	7:56	6:06
27	10.1	7:57	6:06
28	10.1	7:57	6:05
29	10.1	7:58	6:05
30	10.1	7:59	6:04
31	10.1	7:59	6:04

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.72 kWh/m² to a high of 8.17 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 3.37 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)	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9
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	4.0	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.3	Moderate
18	3.3	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.2	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.1	Moderate
23	3.1	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.0	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	3.0	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate
29	2.9	Moderate
30	2.9	Moderate
31	2.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Broken Hill?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

3.5

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Broken Hill for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Broken Hill in May

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

In May, Broken Hill sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

UV index in Broken Hill in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Broken Hill peaks around December 23 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 3 (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)	13	12	10	6	4	3	3	5	7	9	11	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	10	Extreme
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	7	High
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Broken Hill?

Broken Hill sits at 32.0°S, 141.5°E, 317 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Mildura, 256 km away.

Topography around Broken Hill

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Broken Hill has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m around an average of 304 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 189 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 408 m.

The land around Broken Hill is covered by artificial surfaces (34%) and shrubs (27%) within 3 km, grassland (79%) within 16 km, and grassland (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

118 m

artificial surfaces 34%

16 km

189 m

grassland 79%

80 km

408 m

grassland 97%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

May weather nearby: Mildura 256 km · Whyalla 383 km · Gawler 386 km · Paralowie 407 km · Parafield Gardens 409 km · Adelaide Hills 415 km · Mount Barker 420 km · Adelaide city centre 422 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 Broken Hill (-31.9652°, 141.4512°, elevation 317 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. 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	22	10
2	21	10
3	21	10
4	21	10
5	21	9
6	21	9
7	21	9
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	20	9
13	20	9
14	20	9
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	19	8
18	19	8
19	19	8
20	19	8
21	19	8
22	19	8
23	18	8
24	18	8
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	17	8
31	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	69	31
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	65	35
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	60	40

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	69	31
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	65	35
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	60	40

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	69	31
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	65	35
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	60	40

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1