Climate averages 1991–2020
Caruaru weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Caruaru: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe (44 km away). In May its highs average 28.8°C, 1.8°C warmer than Caruaru, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Caruaru ranks joint 143rd of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 159th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Caruaru is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 52 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
Caruaru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 46 | 12.1 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 46 | 11.4 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 59 | 14.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 56 | 13.8 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 27.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 57 | 13.7 | 11.712 h |
| June | 25.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 52 | 12.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 24.5°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 41 | 11.8 | 11.712 h |
| August | 25.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 26 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 19 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 15 | 4.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 13 | 4.6 | 12.512 h |
| December | 29.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 19 | 6.9 | 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
- Santa Cruz do Capibaribe in MayBrazil · 44 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Gravatá in MayBrazil · 46 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in MayBrazil · 50 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in MayBrazil · 78 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Garanhuns in MayBrazil · 88 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Carpina in MayBrazil · 93 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Ipojuca in MayBrazil · 101 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 160 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in MayBrazil · 104 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 166 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 Caruaru) is explained once on the Caruaru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.