Climate averages 1991–2020
Franca weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet 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 Franca: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a moderately wet 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 São Sebastião do Paraíso (60 km away). In May its highs average 23.3°C, about as warm as Franca, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Franca ranks joint 296th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 93rd of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Franca is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 24 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
Franca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 280 | 24.3 | 13.213 h |
| February | 26.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 208 | 20.1 | 12.813 h |
| March | 26.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 179 | 20.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 72 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| May, selected | 23.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 40 | 5.4 | 11.211 h |
| June | 23.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 24 | 2.6 | 10.911 h |
| July | 23.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 13 | 2.0 | 11.011 h |
| August | 25.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 15 | 2.6 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 64 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 116 | 14.3 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 189 | 20.0 | 13.113 h |
| December | 26.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 265 | 25.3 | 13.313 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
- São Sebastião do Paraíso in MayBrazil · 60 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Ribeirão Preto in MayBrazil · 83 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Passos in MayBrazil · 85 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Sertãozinho in MayBrazil · 91 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Uberaba in MayBrazil · 104 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Araxá in MayBrazil · 116 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Bebedouro in MayBrazil · 121 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Barretos in MayBrazil · 122 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 35 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 Franca) is explained once on the Franca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.