Climate averages 1991–2020
Garanhuns weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Garanhuns: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Belo Jardim (61 km away). In May its highs average 27.7°C, 3.2°C warmer than Garanhuns, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Garanhuns ranks joint 253rd of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 209th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Garanhuns is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 69 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
Garanhuns climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 45 | 11.3 | 12.613 h |
| February | 27.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 49 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 27.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 60 | 14.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 66 | 14.2 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 24.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 64 | 16.5 | 11.712 h |
| June | 22.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 69 | 17.2 | 11.612 h |
| July | 21.8°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 67 | 18.7 | 11.712 h |
| August | 22.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 47 | 16.0 | 11.812 h |
| September | 24.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 30 | 10.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 22 | 6.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 20 | 4.9 | 12.513 h |
| December | 27.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 25 | 7.2 | 12.613 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
- Belo Jardim in MayBrazil · 61 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Arcoverde in MayBrazil · 80 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Caruaru in MayBrazil · 88 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Rio Largo in MayBrazil · 97 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 149 mm rain
- Arapiraca in MayBrazil · 98 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Santa Cruz do Capibaribe in MayBrazil · 108 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Maceió in MayBrazil · 121 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 177 mm rain
- Gravatá in MayBrazil · 128 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 101 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 Garanhuns) is explained once on the Garanhuns year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.