Climate averages 1991–2020
Catalão 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 Catalão: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Araguari (59 km away). In May its highs average 25.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Catalão, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Catalão ranks joint 200th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 40th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Catalão is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 7.7 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
Catalão climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 267 | 22.1 | 13.113 h |
| February | 27.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 189 | 18.2 | 12.713 h |
| March | 27.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 182 | 19.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 63 | 9.5 | 11.712 h |
| May, selected | 25.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 23 | 3.5 | 11.311 h |
| June | 25.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 7.7 | 1.4 | 11.111 h |
| July | 25.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 3.3 | 0.5 | 11.111 h |
| August | 27.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 7.0 | 1.4 | 11.512 h |
| September | 29.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 5.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 91 | 12.6 | 12.512 h |
| November | 27.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 207 | 20.6 | 13.013 h |
| December | 27.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 252 | 24.0 | 13.213 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
- Araguari in MayBrazil · 59 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Caldas Novas in MayBrazil · 86 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Uberlândia in MayBrazil · 91 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Patrocínio in MayBrazil · 133 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Itumbiara in MayBrazil · 137 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Paracatu in MayBrazil · 155 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Patos de Minas in MayBrazil · 158 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Uberaba in MayBrazil · 176 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 40 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 Catalão) is explained once on the Catalão year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.