Climate averages 1991–2020
Araxá 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 Araxá: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 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 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Patrocínio (72 km away). In May its highs average 24.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Araxá, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Araxá ranks joint 296th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 55th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Araxá is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 11 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
Araxá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 220 | 21.2 | 13.213 h |
| February | 26.5°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 144 | 16.9 | 12.813 h |
| March | 25.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 145 | 18.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 49 | 9.0 | 11.712 h |
| May, selected | 23.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 28 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| June | 23.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.011 h |
| July | 23.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 6.2 | 1.0 | 11.111 h |
| August | 25.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 46 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.5°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 88 | 12.7 | 12.513 h |
| November | 25.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 171 | 20.0 | 13.013 h |
| December | 25.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 229 | 23.5 | 13.313 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
- Patrocínio in MayBrazil · 72 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Uberaba in MayBrazil · 105 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Franca in MayBrazil · 116 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Patos de Minas in MayBrazil · 121 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Passos in MayBrazil · 130 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.6°C · 35 mm rain
- São Sebastião do Paraíso in MayBrazil · 147 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Uberlândia in MayBrazil · 159 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Araguari in MayBrazil · 168 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 23 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 Araxá) is explained once on the Araxá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.