When to go · Port Douglas
Port Douglas in May
Great month. Inside Port Douglas's best window: May–Sep (dry season).
Key facts
- Verdict
- Great
- Temperature
- 27°C81°F / 20°C68°F
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 9
- Crowds
- Low
- Australia overall
- Prices
- Medium
- Australia overall
Verdict
GreatBest and avoid months for Port Douglas
Inside Port Douglas's best window: May–Sep (dry season).
Weather in May
- Port DouglasHighs around 27 °C, lows around 20 °C, rain on about 9 daysHighs around 81 °F, lows around 68 °F, rain on about 9 days
- Tropical north, Australia · Cairns, Port Douglas, Darwin, Kakadu, Kimberleybest weather
Dry season May–Oct is the window: roads open, no stingers in most of it, waterfalls still flowing early on. Nov–Apr brings humidity, monsoon floods, cyclones and box jellyfish.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Australia overall
- Low
- Prices · Australia overall
- Medium
Australia overall: Shoulder month: dry season starts in the north, the Red Centre cools, the south is crisp.
What to pack
Nothing unusual for the weather this month.