Bowral Weather in May
Bowral in May
The short of it: Bowral in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 64 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 10 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 5° · rain 64 mm · daylight 10 h 21 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Bowral an average May high of 16°, a low of 5° and some 64 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 5°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 64 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 21 min in mid-May, 55 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and October.
Against its neighbours, Bowral runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Wollongong city centre, 44 km to the E, is 4° warmer by day.
May in Bowral, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wollongong city centreNew South Wales | 44 km E | 20° | 12° | 89 mm |
| WollongongNew South Wales | 44 km E | 20° | 12° | 89 mm |
| IngleburnNew South Wales | 67 km NE | 21° | 9° | 53 mm |
| Macquarie FieldsNew South Wales | 69 km NE | 21° | 10° | 54 mm |
| GoulburnNew South Wales | 71 km WSW | 17° | 4° | 32 mm |
| EngadineNew South Wales | 71 km NE | 20° | 10° | 74 mm |
| PrestonsNew South Wales | 73 km NE | 21° | 9° | 52 mm |
| CasulaNew South Wales | 73 km NE | 21° | 10° | 53 mm |