Climate averages 1991–2020
Criciúma weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Criciúma: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Araranguá (31 km away). In May its highs average 20.9°C, 0.5°C cooler than Criciúma, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Criciúma ranks joint 392nd of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 371st of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Criciúma is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 98 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
Criciúma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 169 | 18.3 | 13.714 h |
| February | 27.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 141 | 17.7 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 129 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 97 | 11.3 | 11.411 h |
| May, selected | 21.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 129 | 10.8 | 10.711 h |
| June | 19.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 98 | 9.2 | 10.310 h |
| July | 19.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 102 | 9.7 | 10.510 h |
| August | 20.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 100 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 123 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 139 | 14.4 | 12.813 h |
| November | 24.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 123 | 13.5 | 13.514 h |
| December | 26.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 127 | 14.6 | 13.914 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
- Araranguá in MayBrazil · 31 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Tubarão in MayBrazil · 42 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 109 mm rain
- São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil in MayBrazil · 55 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.7°C · 133 mm rain
- Palhoça in MayBrazil · 134 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Lages in MayBrazil · 134 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 131 mm rain
- São José (Santa Catarina, 27.62°S 48.63°W), Brazil in MayBrazil · 139 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 113 mm rain
- Florianópolis in MayBrazil · 145 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Rio do Sul in MayBrazil · 165 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 105 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 Criciúma) is explained once on the Criciúma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.