Burnie weather in May

In May, Burnie sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 84 mm of rain across 10.7 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of May to 9 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Burnie's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Burnie's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 84 mm; 10.7 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 42 min; 8:21 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 6th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 2.06 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Burnie is port city in Tasmania, Australia.

Founded: 1827

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month.

A typical May day in Burnie reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°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)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Burnie weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 14°	59	6.6	14.6	6.6
Feb	19° / 14°	47	6.8	13.6	6.5
Mar	18° / 13°	50	7.5	12.3	6.2
Apr	16° / 11°	61	8.5	10.9	5.0
May	14° / 10°	84	10.7	9.7	4.0
Jun	12° / 9°	90	11.2	9.1	3.1
Jul	11° / 8°	104	12.7	9.4	2.7
Aug	11° / 8°	96	13.1	10.4	2.7
Sep	12° / 8°	86	12.6	11.7	3.1
Oct	13° / 9°	68	10.3	13.1	3.8
Nov	15° / 11°	63	9.1	14.3	4.7
Dec	17° / 12°	58	8	14.9	5.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

	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 (%)	49	49	50	49	50	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	48	47	47	47	46	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48
Cloudier (%)	51	51	50	51	50	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	52	53	53	53	54	53	53	53	52	52	52	52	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Burnie gets around 84 mm of rain over 10.7 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 33% and peaks near 35% 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 (%)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	33
10	32
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	32
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	35

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 96% 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 (%)	93	93	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in May

Winds average 20 km/h in May.

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of May to 9 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 8:06 AM to 8:35 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 5:53 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)	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.3
Sunrise (AM)	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:31	8:32	8:32	8:33	8:34	8:35
Sunset (PM)	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	8:06	6:22
2	10.2	8:07	6:20
3	10.2	8:08	6:19
4	10.1	8:09	6:18
5	10.1	8:10	6:16
6	10.1	8:11	6:15
7	10.0	8:12	6:14
8	10.0	8:13	6:13
9	10.0	8:14	6:11
10	9.9	8:15	6:10
11	9.9	8:16	6:09
12	9.8	8:17	6:08
13	9.8	8:18	6:07
14	9.8	8:19	6:06
15	9.7	8:20	6:05
16	9.7	8:21	6:04
17	9.7	8:22	6:03
18	9.6	8:23	6:02
19	9.6	8:24	6:01
20	9.6	8:25	6:00
21	9.6	8:26	5:59
22	9.5	8:27	5:59
23	9.5	8:28	5:58
24	9.5	8:29	5:57
25	9.4	8:30	5:56
26	9.4	8:31	5:56
27	9.4	8:32	5:55
28	9.4	8:32	5:54
29	9.3	8:33	5:54
30	9.3	8:34	5:53
31	9.3	8:35	5:53

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 2.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.6 kWh/m² to a high of 7.1 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 2.06 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)	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.5	Moderate
2	2.5	Moderate
3	2.4	Moderate
4	2.4	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.3	Moderate
7	2.3	Moderate
8	2.3	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.2	Moderate
11	2.2	Moderate
12	2.2	Moderate
13	2.1	Moderate
14	2.1	Moderate
15	2.1	Moderate
16	2.1	Moderate
17	2.0	Moderate
18	2.0	Moderate
19	2.0	Dim
20	2.0	Dim
21	1.9	Dim
22	1.9	Dim
23	1.9	Dim
24	1.9	Dim
25	1.9	Dim
26	1.8	Dim
27	1.8	Dim
28	1.8	Dim
29	1.8	Dim
30	1.8	Dim
31	1.8	Dim

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Burnie?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Burnie for sightseeing.

What to pack for Burnie in May

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

In May, Burnie sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Burnie in May

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 20 km away) is warmest in February at about 18°C and coldest in August near 12°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	18	18	17	15	14	13	12	12	13	14	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	18	Cool
Mar	18	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	15	Cool
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	12	Bracing
Sep	12	Bracing
Oct	13	Bracing
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Burnie in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Burnie peaks around December 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	10	8	4	2	1	2	3	4	7	8	12
Level	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	10	Very high
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	1	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	High
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Burnie?

Burnie sits at 41.1°S, 145.9°E, 29 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Devonport, 40 km away.

Topography around Burnie

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Burnie has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 180 m around an average of 49 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 482 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,545 m.

The land around Burnie is covered by water (43%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, water (49%), grassland (25%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

180 m

water 43%

16 km

482 m

water 49%

80 km

1,545 m

trees 50%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

May weather nearby: Devonport 40 km · Launceston 111 km · Hobart 235 km · Mount Martha 319 km · Warragul 322 km · Traralgon 323 km · Mornington 324 km · Mount Eliza 327 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
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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
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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 Burnie (-41.0558°, 145.9038°, elevation 29 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	15	11
2	15	11
3	15	11
4	14	10
5	14	10
6	14	10
7	14	10
8	14	10
9	14	10
10	14	10
11	14	10
12	14	10
13	14	10
14	14	10
15	14	10
16	14	10
17	14	10
18	14	10
19	14	10
20	14	10
21	14	10
22	13	10
23	13	10
24	13	10
25	13	10
26	13	10
27	13	10
28	13	10
29	13	10
30	13	10
31	13	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	33
10	32
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	32
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	33
10	32
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	32
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	33
10	32
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	32
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1