Climate averages 1991–2020
Cabo de Santo Agostinho weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Cabo de Santo Agostinho: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 166 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ipojuca (13 km away). In May its highs average 27.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Cabo de Santo Agostinho, with 160 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Cabo de Santo Agostinho ranks joint 139th of 448 for the warmest May highs and 409th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Cabo de Santo Agostinho is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 166 mm to 194 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
Cabo de Santo Agostinho climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 67 | 19.7 | 12.513 h |
| February | 28.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 74 | 18.0 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 94 | 20.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 131 | 22.7 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 27.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 166 | 24.4 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 194 | 25.2 | 11.612 h |
| July | 25.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 169 | 25.6 | 11.712 h |
| August | 25.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 103 | 22.5 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 65 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 46 | 16.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 37 | 14.5 | 12.512 h |
| December | 28.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 43 | 15.5 | 12.613 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
- Ipojuca in MayBrazil · 13 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 160 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in MayBrazil · 20 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Camaragibe in MayBrazil · 30 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Recife in MayBrazil · 31 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 114 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in MayBrazil · 34 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Paulista in MayBrazil · 42 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 146 mm rain
- Igarassu in MayBrazil · 52 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Carpina in MayBrazil · 55 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 85 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 Cabo de Santo Agostinho) is explained once on the Cabo de Santo Agostinho year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.