Climate averages 1991–2020
Gravatá weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Gravatá: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vitória de Santo Antão (31 km away). In May its highs average 28.1°C, 1.4°C warmer than Gravatá, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Gravatá ranks joint 154th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 302nd of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Gravatá is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 109 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
Gravatá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 61 | 17.9 | 12.513 h |
| February | 28.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 62 | 17.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 78 | 19.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 84 | 19.6 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 26.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 101 | 21.3 | 11.712 h |
| June | 25.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 109 | 21.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 24.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 95 | 22.1 | 11.712 h |
| August | 24.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 64 | 19.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 51 | 16.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 38 | 14.8 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 32 | 11.8 | 12.512 h |
| December | 28.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 39 | 13.6 | 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
- Vitória de Santo Antão in MayBrazil · 31 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Caruaru in MayBrazil · 46 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Carpina in MayBrazil · 52 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Ipojuca in MayBrazil · 59 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 160 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in MayBrazil · 60 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 166 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in MayBrazil · 61 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Camaragibe in MayBrazil · 67 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Santa Cruz do Capibaribe in MayBrazil · 75 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 41 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 Gravatá) is explained once on the Gravatá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.