Climate averages 1991–2020
Arapiraca weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Arapiraca: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Largo (94 km away). In May its highs average 27.6°C, about as warm as Arapiraca, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Arapiraca ranks joint 112th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 239th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Arapiraca is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 67 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
Arapiraca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 34 | 8.6 | 12.613 h |
| February | 31.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 38 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| March | 31.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 49 | 11.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 63 | 14.1 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 28.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 74 | 16.8 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 67 | 19.2 | 11.612 h |
| July | 25.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 63 | 19.3 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 42 | 16.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 29 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 21 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 28 | 4.3 | 12.613 h |
| December | 32.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 17 | 4.7 | 12.713 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
- Rio Largo in MayBrazil · 94 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 149 mm rain
- Garanhuns in MayBrazil · 98 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Maceió in MayBrazil · 102 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 177 mm rain
- Itabaiana in MayBrazil · 133 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Aracaju in MayBrazil · 136 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 185 mm rain
- São Cristóvão in MayBrazil · 152 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 157 mm rain
- Arcoverde in MayBrazil · 154 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in MayBrazil · 160 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 42 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 Arapiraca) is explained once on the Arapiraca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.