Climate averages 1991–2020
Itapipoca weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 10th 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 Itapipoca: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sobral (88 km away). In May its highs average 31.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Itapipoca, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Itapipoca ranks joint 21st of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 327th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Itapipoca is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 38 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
Itapipoca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 113 | 18.0 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 157 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 228 | 26.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 248 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 109 | 17.8 | 12.012 h |
| June | 30.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 38 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 31.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 18 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 33.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 4.7 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| September | 34.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 34.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 33.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 7.5 | 2.3 | 12.312 h |
| December | 32.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 30 | 8.2 | 12.312 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
- Sobral in MayBrazil · 88 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Canindé in MayBrazil · 101 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Caucaia in MayBrazil · 106 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 95 mm rain
- Maranguape in MayBrazil · 108 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Maracanaú in MayBrazil · 114 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Fortaleza in MayBrazil · 118 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 129 mm rain
- Pacatuba in MayBrazil · 119 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 127 mm rain
- Eusébio in MayBrazil · 133 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 127 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 Itapipoca) is explained once on the Itapipoca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.