Climate averages 1991–2020
Bacabal weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bacabal: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Inês (91 km away). In May its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Bacabal, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Bacabal ranks joint 29th of 448 for the warmest May highs and 375th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Bacabal is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 130 mm to 35 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
Bacabal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 249 | 25.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 270 | 25.2 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 316 | 29.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 265 | 26.7 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 30.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 130 | 18.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 31.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 35 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| July | 32.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 15 | 3.0 | 11.912 h |
| August | 33.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 5.4 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| September | 34.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 7.4 | 1.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 35.1°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 17 | 3.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 34.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 51 | 8.1 | 12.312 h |
| December | 32.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 131 | 15.3 | 12.412 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
- Santa Inês in MayBrazil · 91 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 163 mm rain
- Codó in MayBrazil · 102 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Barra do Corda in MayBrazil · 151 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Chapadinha in MayBrazil · 167 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Caxias in MayBrazil · 173 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Pinheiro in MayBrazil · 193 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 248 mm rain
- São Luís in MayBrazil · 197 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 286 mm rain
- São José de Ribamar in MayBrazil · 203 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 292 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 Bacabal) is explained once on the Bacabal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.