Climate averages 1991–2020
Itapema weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Itapema: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Camboriú (8 km away). In May its highs average 22.4°C, about as warm as Itapema, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Itapema ranks joint 340th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 348th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Itapema is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 106 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
Itapema climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 187 | 18.9 | 13.614 h |
| February | 28.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 165 | 17.6 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 136 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 98 | 12.2 | 11.511 h |
| May, selected | 22.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 116 | 12.1 | 10.811 h |
| June | 21.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 106 | 9.8 | 10.510 h |
| July | 20.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 95 | 9.9 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 95 | 9.6 | 11.211 h |
| September | 22.0°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 137 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 127 | 13.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 25.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 120 | 14.5 | 13.413 h |
| December | 27.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 126 | 15.5 | 13.814 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
- Camboriú in MayBrazil · 8 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Balneário Camboriú in MayBrazil · 11 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Itajaí in MayBrazil · 21 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 115 mm rain
- Brusque in MayBrazil · 30 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Gaspar in MayBrazil · 39 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 109 mm rain
- Blumenau in MayBrazil · 49 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Florianópolis in MayBrazil · 57 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 110 mm rain
- São José (Santa Catarina, 27.62°S 48.63°W), Brazil in MayBrazil · 58 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 113 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 Itapema) is explained once on the Itapema year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.