Climate averages 1991–2020
Campina Grande weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Campina Grande: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz do Capibaribe (88 km away). In May its highs average 28.8°C, 1.0°C warmer than Campina Grande, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Campina Grande ranks joint 118th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 118th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Campina Grande is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 47 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
Campina Grande climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 40 | 9.1 | 12.512 h |
| February | 30.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 40 | 10.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 61 | 13.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 59 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 27.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 46 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| June | 26.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 47 | 10.9 | 11.712 h |
| July | 25.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 40 | 10.8 | 11.712 h |
| August | 26.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 23 | 7.5 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 13 | 4.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 10 | 3.2 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 8.5 | 2.9 | 12.412 h |
| December | 30.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 15 | 5.0 | 12.513 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 Cruz do Capibaribe in MayBrazil · 88 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Carpina in MayBrazil · 98 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Santa Rita in MayBrazil · 100 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 125 mm rain
- Goiana in MayBrazil · 104 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 106 mm rain
- João Pessoa in MayBrazil · 113 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Gravatá in MayBrazil · 113 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Caruaru in MayBrazil · 118 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in MayBrazil · 118 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 86 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 Campina Grande) is explained once on the Campina Grande year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.