Climate averages 1991–2020
Bento Gonçalves weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Bento Gonçalves: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 139 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Farroupilha (18 km away). In May its highs average 17.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Bento Gonçalves, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Bento Gonçalves ranks 445th of 448 for the warmest May highs and 383rd of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Bento Gonçalves is 7.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 16.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 139 mm to 143 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
Bento Gonçalves climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 210 | 18.3 | 13.814 h |
| February | 25.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 186 | 17.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 24.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 154 | 15.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 142 | 11.4 | 11.411 h |
| May, selected | 18.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 139 | 10.7 | 10.711 h |
| June | 16.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 143 | 10.6 | 10.310 h |
| July | 16.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 179 | 10.8 | 10.510 h |
| August | 18.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 139 | 10.7 | 11.111 h |
| September | 19.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 172 | 12.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 213 | 14.8 | 12.813 h |
| November | 23.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 163 | 13.4 | 13.614 h |
| December | 25.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 189 | 15.7 | 14.014 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
- Farroupilha in MayBrazil · 18 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 140 mm rain
- Caxias do Sul in MayBrazil · 33 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Lajeado in MayBrazil · 54 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Novo Hamburgo in MayBrazil · 68 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 120 mm rain
- Sapiranga in MayBrazil · 72 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 116 mm rain
- São Leopoldo in MayBrazil · 75 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 120 mm rain
- Canoas in MayBrazil · 89 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 107 mm rain
- Gravataí in MayBrazil · 100 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 106 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 Bento Gonçalves) is explained once on the Bento Gonçalves year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.