Warragul weather in May

In May, Warragul sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 60 mm of rain across 10.4 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of May to 9 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Warragul's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Warragul's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 60 mm; 10.4 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 8:14 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 2.19 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Warragul is town in Victoria, Australia.

Density: 361/km²; people per km²

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 17°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical May day in Warragul reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 7°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)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Warragul weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 13°	57	7.2	14.3	7.4
Feb	25° / 13°	47	6.2	13.5	7.5
Mar	22° / 12°	44	7.2	12.3	7.2
Apr	19° / 10°	56	8.6	11	6.1
May	15° / 8°	60	10.4	10	4.6
Jun	13° / 6°	64	11	9.4	3.4
Jul	12° / 6°	67	12.8	9.6	3.0
Aug	13° / 6°	85	14	10.5	3.3
Sep	15° / 7°	94	14	11.7	4.2
Oct	18° / 8°	87	12.6	13	5.3
Nov	20° / 10°	79	11	14.1	6.1
Dec	23° / 11°	70	9.6	14.6	6.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

	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 (%)	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	35	35	34	34	34
Cloudier (%)	64	64	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	67	68	67	67	67	67	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	65	65	66	66	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Warragul gets around 60 mm of rain over 10.4 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 32% and peaks near 34% 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	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	33	33	33	33	33

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

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 (%)	96	96	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
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	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
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 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of May to 9 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 8:00 AM to 8:27 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:01 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)	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6
Sunrise (AM)	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:27
Sunset (PM)	6:27	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:11	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

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	8:00	6:27
2	10.4	8:01	6:25
3	10.4	8:02	6:24
4	10.3	8:03	6:23
5	10.3	8:04	6:22
6	10.3	8:05	6:21
7	10.2	8:06	6:20
8	10.2	8:07	6:19
9	10.2	8:08	6:17
10	10.1	8:09	6:16
11	10.1	8:10	6:15
12	10.1	8:11	6:14
13	10.0	8:12	6:13
14	10.0	8:13	6:13
15	10.0	8:13	6:12
16	9.9	8:14	6:11
17	9.9	8:15	6:10
18	9.9	8:16	6:09
19	9.9	8:17	6:08
20	9.8	8:18	6:07
21	9.8	8:19	6:07
22	9.8	8:20	6:06
23	9.7	8:20	6:05
24	9.7	8:21	6:05
25	9.7	8:22	6:04
26	9.7	8:23	6:03
27	9.7	8:24	6:03
28	9.6	8:24	6:02
29	9.6	8:25	6:02
30	9.6	8:26	6:01
31	9.6	8:27	6:01

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 2.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.78 kWh/m² to a high of 6.97 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 2.19 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)	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9
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	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.6	Moderate
2	2.6	Moderate
3	2.5	Moderate
4	2.5	Moderate
5	2.5	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.4	Moderate
8	2.4	Moderate
9	2.4	Moderate
10	2.3	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.3	Moderate
13	2.2	Moderate
14	2.2	Moderate
15	2.2	Moderate
16	2.2	Moderate
17	2.2	Moderate
18	2.1	Moderate
19	2.1	Moderate
20	2.1	Moderate
21	2.1	Moderate
22	2.1	Moderate
23	2.0	Moderate
24	2.0	Moderate
25	2.0	Moderate
26	2.0	Dim
27	2.0	Dim
28	2.0	Dim
29	1.9	Dim
30	1.9	Dim
31	1.9	Dim

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Warragul?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Warragul for sightseeing.

What to pack for Warragul in May

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

In May, Warragul sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Warragul in May

The nearest coast averages about 16°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 58 km away) is warmest in February at about 19°C and coldest in August near 13°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)	18	19	18	17	16	14	13	13	13	14	15	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	18	Cool
Feb	19	Cool
Mar	18	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	16	Cool
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	15	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Warragul in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Warragul peaks around December 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	10	8	5	3	2	2	3	4	8	9	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	5	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Warragul 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 Warragul is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (July, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	10	9	14	17	11	8	6	6	7	7	7	7
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	9	Good
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	17	Moderate
May	11	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	6	Good
Aug	6	Good
Sep	7	Good
Oct	7	Good
Nov	7	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Warragul?

Warragul sits at 38.2°S, 145.9°E, 135 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Pakenham, 41 km away.

Topography around Warragul

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Warragul has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 130 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 498 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,663 m.

The land around Warragul is covered by grassland (44%), trees (33%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

97 m

grassland 44%

16 km

498 m

grassland 63%

80 km

1,663 m

trees 48%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

May weather nearby: Pakenham 41 km · Officer 47 km · Berwick 53 km · Traralgon 53 km · Cranbourne East 56 km · Cranbourne North 56 km · Cranbourne 57 km · Narre Warren 57 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 Warragul (-38.1591°, 145.9312°, elevation 135 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. 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	17	8
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	16	8
5	16	8
6	16	8
7	16	8
8	16	8
9	16	8
10	16	8
11	16	8
12	16	8
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	15	8
16	15	8
17	15	8
18	15	8
19	15	8
20	15	8
21	15	8
22	15	8
23	15	8
24	15	7
25	14	7
26	14	7
27	14	7
28	14	7
29	14	7
30	14	7
31	14	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
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	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
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