Sunshine Beach Weather in May
Sunshine Beach in May
The short of it: Sunshine Beach in May averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 126 mm (5.0 in) of rain and about 10 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 15° · rain 126 mm · daylight 10 h 50 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & September
Thirty years of records give Sunshine Beach an average May high of 24°, a low of 15° and some 126 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 24°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 126 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 50 min in mid-May, 40 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and September.
Against its neighbours, Sunshine Beach runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Sunrise Beach, 1 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Sunshine Beach, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise BeachQueensland | 1 km SSW | 24° | 15° | 126 mm |
| Noosa HeadsQueensland | 2 km NW | 24° | 15° | 126 mm |
| NoosavilleQueensland | 4 km W | 24° | 14° | 118 mm |
| TewantinQueensland | 7 km WNW | 24° | 13° | 109 mm |
| Peregian BeachQueensland | 8 km S | 24° | 15° | 113 mm |
| Peregian SpringsQueensland | 10 km SSW | 24° | 14° | 107 mm |
| DoonanQueensland | 12 km WSW | 24° | 13° | 112 mm |
| Coolum BeachQueensland | 14 km S | 24° | 15° | 110 mm |