Climate averages 1991–2020
Irecê weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Irecê: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jacobina (147 km away). In May its highs average 26.5°C, 2.2°C cooler than Irecê, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Irecê ranks joint 87th of 448 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Irecê is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 2.3 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
Irecê climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 100 | 9.1 | 12.713 h |
| February | 30.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 63 | 8.5 | 12.512 h |
| March | 30.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 77 | 8.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 34 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 28.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 11 | 1.8 | 11.612 h |
| June | 27.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 2.3 | 0.4 | 11.511 h |
| July | 26.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| August | 27.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 2.2 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 21 | 2.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 78 | 7.8 | 12.613 h |
| December | 30.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 82 | 7.9 | 12.813 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
- Jacobina in MayBrazil · 147 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Campo Formoso in MayBrazil · 190 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Senhor do Bonfim in MayBrazil · 205 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Casa Nova in MayBrazil · 256 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Petrolina in MayBrazil · 259 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Serrinha in MayBrazil · 313 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Brumado in MayBrazil · 323 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Feira de Santana in MayBrazil · 332 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 61 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 Irecê) is explained once on the Irecê year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.