Climate averages 1991–2020
Araripina weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Araripina: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Picos (120 km away). In May its highs average 32.5°C, 4.2°C warmer than Araripina, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Araripina ranks joint 103rd of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 88th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Araripina is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 5.8 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
Araripina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 162 | 16.4 | 12.513 h |
| February | 28.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 171 | 16.3 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 191 | 17.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 95 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 28.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 37 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 5.8 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| July | 27.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 4.3 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| August | 28.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 32.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 11 | 1.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 34 | 4.6 | 12.512 h |
| December | 31.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 54 | 7.9 | 12.613 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
- Picos in MayBrazil · 120 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Crato in MayBrazil · 126 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Juazeiro do Norte in MayBrazil · 137 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Casa Nova in MayBrazil · 185 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Iguatu in MayBrazil · 189 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Petrolina in MayBrazil · 203 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Serra Talhada in MayBrazil · 247 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Crateús in MayBrazil · 267 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 44 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 Araripina) is explained once on the Araripina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.