Climate averages 1991–2020
Alfenas weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Alfenas: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Varginha (55 km away). In May its highs average 23.0°C, about as warm as Alfenas, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Alfenas ranks joint 333rd of 448 for the warmest May highs and 92nd of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Alfenas is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Alfenas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 245 | 22.0 | 13.313 h |
| February | 26.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 151 | 16.6 | 12.813 h |
| March | 26.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 141 | 16.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 52 | 7.8 | 11.612 h |
| May, selected | 22.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 39 | 4.7 | 11.111 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 16 | 2.9 | 10.811 h |
| July | 22.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 15 | 2.3 | 11.011 h |
| August | 24.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 18 | 3.3 | 11.411 h |
| September | 26.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 64 | 7.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 95 | 12.5 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 172 | 17.7 | 13.113 h |
| December | 26.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 204 | 21.1 | 13.413 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Varginha in MayBrazil · 55 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Poços de Caldas in MayBrazil · 75 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Três Corações in MayBrazil · 78 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 13.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Pouso Alegre in MayBrazil · 89 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Lavras in MayBrazil · 100 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Passos in MayBrazil · 105 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.6°C · 35 mm rain
- São João da Boa Vista in MayBrazil · 106 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Itajubá in MayBrazil · 122 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 57 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Alfenas) is explained once on the Alfenas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.