Climate averages 1991–2020
Canindé weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Canindé: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quixadá (76 km away). In May its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Canindé, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Canindé ranks joint 14th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 201st of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Canindé is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 23 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
Canindé climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 96 | 14.5 | 12.312 h |
| February | 31.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 103 | 17.1 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 156 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 156 | 21.5 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 30.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 62 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 30.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 23 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| July | 31.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 15 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 3.1 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 34.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 34.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 2.4 | 0.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 34.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 12.312 h |
| December | 33.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 21 | 4.3 | 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
- Quixadá in MayBrazil · 76 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Maranguape in MayBrazil · 87 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Pacatuba in MayBrazil · 87 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 127 mm rain
- Maracanaú in MayBrazil · 93 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Quixeramobim in MayBrazil · 93 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Horizonte in MayBrazil · 96 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Pacajus in MayBrazil · 97 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 111 mm rain
- Itapipoca in MayBrazil · 101 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 109 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 Canindé) is explained once on the Canindé year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.