Climate averages 1991–2020
Caratinga weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Caratinga: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manhuaçu (53 km away). In May its highs average 23.7°C, 1.2°C cooler than Caratinga, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Caratinga ranks joint 236th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 52nd of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Caratinga is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 12 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
Caratinga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 174 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| February | 29.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 101 | 12.8 | 12.813 h |
| March | 28.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 129 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 68 | 11.6 | 11.712 h |
| May, selected | 25.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 27 | 5.7 | 11.211 h |
| June | 24.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 12 | 2.7 | 11.011 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 9.6 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 9.9 | 3.1 | 11.411 h |
| September | 26.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 36 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 86 | 10.4 | 12.513 h |
| November | 27.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 173 | 17.0 | 13.013 h |
| December | 27.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 223 | 19.8 | 13.313 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
- Manhuaçu in MayBrazil · 53 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Ipatinga in MayBrazil · 55 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Timóteo in MayBrazil · 58 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Coronel Fabriciano in MayBrazil · 59 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Governador Valadares in MayBrazil · 106 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 25 mm rain
- João Monlevade in MayBrazil · 108 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Itabira in MayBrazil · 115 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Viçosa in MayBrazil · 132 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 34 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 Caratinga) is explained once on the Caratinga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.