Climate averages 1991–2020
Curvelo 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 Curvelo: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sete Lagoas (81 km away). In May its highs average 25.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Curvelo, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Curvelo ranks joint 167th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 28th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Curvelo is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 5.3 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
Curvelo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 202 | 16.6 | 13.113 h |
| February | 29.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 118 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 136 | 14.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 51 | 7.9 | 11.712 h |
| May, selected | 26.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 20 | 3.4 | 11.211 h |
| June | 25.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 5.3 | 1.1 | 11.011 h |
| July | 26.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 1.9 | 0.3 | 11.111 h |
| August | 27.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 4.9 | 1.0 | 11.511 h |
| September | 29.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 31 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 80 | 9.4 | 12.513 h |
| November | 28.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 200 | 17.4 | 13.013 h |
| December | 28.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 267 | 19.9 | 13.213 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
- Sete Lagoas in MayBrazil · 81 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Lagoa Santa in MayBrazil · 112 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Esmeraldas, Brazil in MayBrazil · 113 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Vespasiano in MayBrazil · 117 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Ribeirão das Neves in MayBrazil · 118 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Pará de Minas in MayBrazil · 124 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Santa Luzia in MayBrazil · 128 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Contagem in MayBrazil · 137 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.7°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 Curvelo) is explained once on the Curvelo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.