Climate averages 1991–2020
Caxias weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 8th 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 Caxias: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Teresina (67 km away). In May its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Caxias, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Caxias ranks joint 14th of 448 for the warmest May highs and 370th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Caxias is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 128 mm to 22 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
Caxias climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 236 | 24.3 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 274 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 345 | 27.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 282 | 25.3 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 30.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 128 | 14.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 32.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 22 | 4.4 | 11.812 h |
| July | 33.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 10 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| August | 34.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 3.0 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 36.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 5.0 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 36.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 14 | 2.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 34.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 47 | 7.1 | 12.312 h |
| December | 33.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 103 | 13.0 | 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
- Teresina in MayBrazil · 67 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 124 mm rain
- Codó in MayBrazil · 74 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Chapadinha in MayBrazil · 124 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Bacabal in MayBrazil · 173 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 130 mm rain
- Barra do Corda in MayBrazil · 221 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Santa Inês in MayBrazil · 261 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 163 mm rain
- São José de Ribamar in MayBrazil · 268 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 292 mm rain
- Parnaíba in MayBrazil · 279 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 148 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 Caxias) is explained once on the Caxias year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.