Climate averages 1991–2020
Barra do Corda weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Barra do Corda: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Grajaú (105 km away). In May its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Barra do Corda, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Barra do Corda ranks joint 29th of 448 for the warmest May highs and 268th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Barra do Corda is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 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
Barra do Corda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 213 | 26.1 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 208 | 24.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 225 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 162 | 22.8 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 30.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 84 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 31.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 6.6 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| August | 34.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 2.5 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 34.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 10 | 1.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 34.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 33 | 5.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 32.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 86 | 11.8 | 12.412 h |
| December | 31.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 135 | 17.7 | 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
- Grajaú in MayBrazil · 105 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Bacabal in MayBrazil · 151 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 130 mm rain
- Codó in MayBrazil · 190 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Santa Inês in MayBrazil · 205 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 163 mm rain
- Caxias in MayBrazil · 221 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Balsas in MayBrazil · 242 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Imperatriz in MayBrazil · 249 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Açailândia in MayBrazil · 258 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 102 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 Barra do Corda) is explained once on the Barra do Corda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.