Meteo Noosa (Sunshine Coast) in maggio

May is late autumn here and regulars describe it in two halves of a day rather than two halves of a month: glorious while the sun is up, cooler once it is not, so the packing list is a t-shirt with a light long-sleeve over it and something for the evening. Our row gives 24.4C days falling to 14.4C nights, which is the ten-degree gap behind that advice. The summer humidity has gone - ours reads 75 percent against the wet season's higher figures - and rain has thinned to 69.1mm across 6.8 days. The sea holds 19.5C, swimmable for the acclimatised rather than warm. The record: 8.6 hours of sun inside 10.8 of daylight, a 13.3 kph wind and AQI 33.

Noosa's forum generally rates March as a great time to visit - daily temperatures comfortably over 26C, a bit cooler and less humid than the peak of summer, and not as crowded. Some posters flagged February/March as technically the wettest stretch of the year, but the pattern described is an afternoon storm after a hot, humid day rather than extended rain ruining the trip. Overall the consensus was mostly lovely and sunny with a few showery days mixed in, still great for beaches, hikes and outdoor dining.

Forum posters describe September as warming up nicely - typically around 25C by day - but with noticeably cooler evenings, and generally arriving just ahead of the thunderstorms that mark the start of the wet season further into spring/summer. Posters call September one of the lower-rain months of the year on the Sunshine Coast, along with July, and rate it a pleasant, comfortably uncrowded time to visit. Swimming is a genuine question mark this early in spring - some posters say the water still runs too chilly for comfortable swimming in September, so beach time is more about walking and scenery than getting in the water for many visitors this month.