Tamworth weather in May

In May, Tamworth sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 36 mm of rain across 5.1 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 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% 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 Tamworth's 7th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tamworth's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 36 mm; 5.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 7:40 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 7th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 3.38 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

Tamworth is city in New South Wales, Australia.

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 14.4 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded: 1850

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

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

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

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 17°C by the end.

A typical May day in Tamworth reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C cooler than April and about 4°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)	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	18	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

How May really feels in Tamworth

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.

Tamworth 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	30° / 16°	72	8.2	13.8	5.3
Feb	29° / 16°	59	7.2	13.1	5.9
Mar	27° / 14°	48	5.5	12.2	7.5
Apr	23° / 10°	28	3.6	11.3	8.1
May	19° / 6°	36	5.1	10.4	7.0
Jun	16° / 4°	54	7.2	10	5.3
Jul	15° / 2°	48	6.3	10.2	5.1
Aug	17° / 2°	41	5.3	10.9	6.3
Sep	20° / 6°	48	5.6	11.8	7.4
Oct	24° / 9°	64	7.6	12.8	7.7
Nov	26° / 12°	80	8.6	13.6	7.0
Dec	28° / 15°	87	9.9	14	6.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%. 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 (%)	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	62	62	61	60	60	59
Cloudier (%)	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	39	40	40	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	59	41

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tamworth gets around 36 mm of rain over 5.1 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 17% and peaks near 20% 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 (%)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20

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

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 97% 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 (%)	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May, the calmest month.

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

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 7:29 AM to 7:49 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 5:58 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	10.7	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	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:31	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	7:42	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:46	7:47	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:49
Sunset (PM)	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	7:29	6:18
2	10.8	7:30	6:17
3	10.7	7:31	6:16
4	10.7	7:31	6:15
5	10.7	7:32	6:14
6	10.7	7:33	6:13
7	10.6	7:34	6:12
8	10.6	7:34	6:11
9	10.6	7:35	6:10
10	10.6	7:36	6:10
11	10.5	7:36	6:09
12	10.5	7:37	6:08
13	10.5	7:38	6:07
14	10.5	7:38	6:07
15	10.4	7:39	6:06
16	10.4	7:40	6:05
17	10.4	7:40	6:05
18	10.4	7:41	6:04
19	10.4	7:42	6:03
20	10.3	7:42	6:03
21	10.3	7:43	6:02
22	10.3	7:44	6:02
23	10.3	7:44	6:01
24	10.3	7:45	6:01
25	10.2	7:46	6:00
26	10.2	7:46	6:00
27	10.2	7:47	6:00
28	10.2	7:47	5:59
29	10.2	7:48	5:59
30	10.2	7:49	5:58
31	10.1	7:49	5:58

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.68 kWh/m² to a high of 7.46 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 3.38 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)	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	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	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	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	3.9	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.8	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	3.2	Moderate
22	3.2	Moderate
23	3.2	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.0	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate
29	3.0	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate
31	2.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Tamworth?

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

7.0

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

3.1

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tamworth in May

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

In May, Tamworth sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Tamworth 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 Tamworth peaks around January 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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)	14	13	10	7	4	3	4	5	7	9	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Tamworth 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 Tamworth is worst in December — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.6× the cleanest month (June, 9 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Tamworth's WHO annual average of 14.4 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	24	12	10	11	10	9	9	10	12	16	19	32
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	12	Moderate
Mar	10	Good
Apr	11	Good
May	10	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	10	Good
Sep	12	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	32	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Tamworth?

Tamworth sits at 31.1°S, 150.9°E, 384 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Armidale, 96 km away.

Topography around Tamworth

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tamworth has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 446 m around an average of 436 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 643 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,206 m.

The land around Tamworth is covered by artificial surfaces (36%), trees (31%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (56%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and trees (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

446 m

artificial surfaces 36%

16 km

643 m

grassland 56%

80 km

1,206 m

grassland 51%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

May weather nearby: Armidale 96 km · Muswellbrook 130 km · Taree 171 km · Port Macquarie 192 km · Maitland 192 km · Cessnock 198 km · Newcastle 220 km · Coffs Harbour 227 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 Tamworth (-31.0905°, 150.929°, elevation 384 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	21	8
2	21	8
3	21	7
4	21	7
5	21	7
6	20	7
7	20	7
8	20	7
9	20	7
10	20	6
11	20	6
12	20	6
13	19	6
14	19	6
15	19	6
16	19	6
17	19	6
18	19	6
19	19	6
20	19	5
21	18	5
22	18	5
23	18	5
24	18	5
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	18	5
28	18	5
29	17	5
30	17	5
31	17	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	59	41

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	59	41

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	59	41

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0