Climate averages 1991–2020
Crateús weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 11th 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 Crateús: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quixeramobim (152 km away). In May its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Crateús, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Crateús ranks joint 14th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 112th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Crateús is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 15 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
Crateús climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 94 | 13.8 | 12.412 h |
| February | 31.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 90 | 14.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 134 | 18.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 94 | 16.0 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 30.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 44 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 30.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 15 | 2.8 | 11.812 h |
| July | 31.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 8.4 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 2.2 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 34.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 35.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 9.6 | 0.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 34.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 34.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 20 | 3.8 | 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
- Quixeramobim in MayBrazil · 152 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Tianguá in MayBrazil · 165 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Sobral in MayBrazil · 170 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Canindé in MayBrazil · 176 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Quixadá in MayBrazil · 185 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Iguatu in MayBrazil · 201 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Itapipoca in MayBrazil · 223 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Picos in MayBrazil · 229 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 30 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 Crateús) is explained once on the Crateús year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.