The Gap Weather in May
The Gap in May
The short of it: The Gap in May averages a high of 24 °C (74 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 74 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 10 h 47 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 12° · rain 74 mm · daylight 10 h 47 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & September
May in The Gap brings afternoons near 24° and nights around 12°, with about 74 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 24°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 74 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 47 min in mid-May, 41 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, The Gap runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Ashgrove, 5 km to the E, is 1° warmer by day.
May in The Gap, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AshgroveQueensland | 5 km E | 24° | 12° | 80 mm |
| IndooroopillyQueensland | 8 km SSE | 25° | 12° | 74 mm |
| BrisbaneQueensland | 9 km ESE | 24° | 13° | 78 mm |
| Albany CreekQueensland | 10 km NNE | 25° | 12° | 80 mm |
| New FarmQueensland | 11 km ESE | 24° | 13° | 81 mm |
| AspleyQueensland | 11 km NE | 24° | 13° | 83 mm |
| CoorparooQueensland | 13 km ESE | 24° | 13° | 81 mm |
| Bracken RidgeQueensland | 17 km NNE | 24° | 13° | 82 mm |