Climate averages 1991–2020
Iguatu weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Iguatu: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Juazeiro do Norte (95 km away). In May its highs average 29.7°C, 1.0°C cooler than Iguatu, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Iguatu ranks joint 12th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 243rd of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Iguatu is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 75 mm to 27 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
Iguatu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 120 | 15.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 31.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 132 | 16.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 163 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 125 | 17.4 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 30.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 75 | 9.6 | 11.812 h |
| June | 30.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 27 | 4.6 | 11.812 h |
| July | 31.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 12 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| August | 32.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 4.1 | 0.8 | 11.912 h |
| September | 34.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 35.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 16 | 1.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 35.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 9.3 | 1.7 | 12.412 h |
| December | 34.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 28 | 5.0 | 12.512 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
- Juazeiro do Norte in MayBrazil · 95 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Crato in MayBrazil · 98 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Quixeramobim in MayBrazil · 129 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Quixadá in MayBrazil · 157 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Araripina in MayBrazil · 189 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Crateús in MayBrazil · 201 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Serra Talhada in MayBrazil · 212 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Russas in MayBrazil · 215 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 71 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 Iguatu) is explained once on the Iguatu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.