Bathurst Weather in May
Bathurst in May
The short of it: Bathurst in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 33 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 10 h 25 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 3° · rain 33 mm · daylight 10 h 25 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & May
May in Bathurst brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 3°, with about 33 mm of rain over the month. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from April to about 17°, with nights near 3°. It is the driest month of the year, only 33 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 10 h 25 min in mid-May, 53 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and May.
Against its neighbours, Bathurst runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Bathurst city centre, 0 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Bathurst, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 25 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathurst city centreNew South Wales | 0 km WSW | 17° | 3° | 33 mm |
| KelsoNew South Wales | 2 km E | 17° | 3° | 32 mm |
| West BathurstNew South Wales | 2 km WNW | 17° | 3° | 33 mm |
| MitchellNew South Wales | 3 km WSW | 17° | 3° | 33 mm |
| South BathurstNew South Wales | 3 km SSW | 17° | 3° | 33 mm |
| LlanarthNew South Wales | 4 km NW | 17° | 3° | 33 mm |
| WindradyneNew South Wales | 4 km WNW | 17° | 3° | 33 mm |
| AbercrombieNew South Wales | 4 km NW | 17° | 3° | 33 mm |