Climate averages 1991–2020
Barbacena weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet 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 mild month in Barbacena: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is São João del Rei (52 km away). In May its highs average 22.7°C, 2.0°C warmer than Barbacena, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Barbacena ranks joint 416th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 112th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Barbacena is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 20 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
Barbacena climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 291 | 21.6 | 13.313 h |
| February | 25.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 188 | 16.8 | 12.813 h |
| March | 24.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 202 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 82 | 12.1 | 11.612 h |
| May, selected | 20.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 44 | 7.3 | 11.111 h |
| June | 20.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 20 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| July | 20.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 16 | 3.6 | 11.011 h |
| August | 21.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 26 | 4.7 | 11.411 h |
| September | 22.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 77 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 133 | 15.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 22.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 249 | 21.3 | 13.113 h |
| December | 24.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 306 | 24.2 | 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
- São João del Rei in MayBrazil · 52 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Conselheiro Lafaiete in MayBrazil · 63 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Juiz de Fora in MayBrazil · 74 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Ubá in MayBrazil · 87 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Ouro Preto in MayBrazil · 97 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Viçosa in MayBrazil · 106 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Valença (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil in MayBrazil · 114 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Três Rios in MayBrazil · 115 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 35 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 Barbacena) is explained once on the Barbacena year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.