Climate averages 1991–2020
Conselheiro Lafaiete 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 Conselheiro Lafaiete: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 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 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ouro Preto (42 km away). In May its highs average 20.8°C, 1.2°C cooler than Conselheiro Lafaiete, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Conselheiro Lafaiete ranks joint 372nd of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 77th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Conselheiro Lafaiete is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 13 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
Conselheiro Lafaiete climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 236 | 19.2 | 13.213 h |
| February | 26.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 143 | 14.8 | 12.813 h |
| March | 25.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 164 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 64 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| May, selected | 22.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 34 | 5.8 | 11.111 h |
| June | 21.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 13 | 2.8 | 10.911 h |
| July | 21.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 8.0 | 1.9 | 11.011 h |
| August | 23.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.411 h |
| September | 24.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 64 | 8.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 103 | 13.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 24.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 211 | 19.5 | 13.113 h |
| December | 25.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 253 | 23.2 | 13.413 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
- Ouro Preto in MayBrazil · 42 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Barbacena in MayBrazil · 63 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 44 mm rain
- São João del Rei in MayBrazil · 72 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Nova Lima in MayBrazil · 75 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Ibirité in MayBrazil · 76 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Belo Horizonte in MayBrazil · 84 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Contagem in MayBrazil · 86 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Sabará in MayBrazil · 86 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 31 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 Conselheiro Lafaiete) is explained once on the Conselheiro Lafaiete year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.