Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuiabá weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Cuiabá: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 35 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 24 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cáceres, Brazil (177 km away). In May its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Cuiabá, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Cuiabá ranks joint 39th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 80th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Cuiabá is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 11 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
Cuiabá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 248 | 25.7 | 12.913 h |
| February | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 221 | 24.6 | 12.613 h |
| March | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 208 | 25.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 100 | 15.1 | 11.812 h |
| May, selected | 29.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 35 | 5.6 | 11.411 h |
| June | 29.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 11 | 1.4 | 11.211 h |
| July | 30.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 5.8 | 0.8 | 11.311 h |
| August | 32.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.612 h |
| September | 33.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 47 | 7.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 33.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 132 | 17.4 | 12.412 h |
| November | 31.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 179 | 21.0 | 12.813 h |
| December | 30.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 214 | 25.2 | 13.013 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
- Cáceres, Brazil in MayBrazil · 177 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Rondonópolis in MayBrazil · 184 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Tangará da Serra in MayBrazil · 184 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Lucas do Rio Verde in MayBrazil · 281 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Sorriso in MayBrazil · 342 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Corumbá in MayBrazil · 414 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Sinop in MayBrazil · 420 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Mineiros in MayBrazil · 437 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 29 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 Cuiabá) is explained once on the Cuiabá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.