Climate averages 1991–2020
Campos dos Goytacazes weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Campos dos Goytacazes: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Itaperuna (84 km away). In May its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Campos dos Goytacazes, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Campos dos Goytacazes ranks joint 178th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 124th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Campos dos Goytacazes is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 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
Campos dos Goytacazes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 155 | 13.5 | 13.313 h |
| February | 31.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 83 | 10.2 | 12.813 h |
| March | 29.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 143 | 15.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 82 | 12.2 | 11.612 h |
| May, selected | 26.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 47 | 8.6 | 11.111 h |
| June | 25.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 20 | 5.0 | 10.811 h |
| July | 25.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 22 | 5.3 | 10.911 h |
| August | 26.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 21 | 4.9 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 47 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 82 | 10.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 169 | 16.0 | 13.113 h |
| December | 29.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 196 | 17.7 | 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
- Itaperuna in MayBrazil · 84 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Macaé in MayBrazil · 84 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Cachoeiro de Itapemirim in MayBrazil · 103 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Rio das Ostras in MayBrazil · 107 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Muriaé in MayBrazil · 128 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Nova Friburgo in MayBrazil · 137 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 80 mm rain
- São Pedro da Aldeia in MayBrazil · 145 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Cabo Frio in MayBrazil · 145 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 58 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 Campos dos Goytacazes) is explained once on the Campos dos Goytacazes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.