Climate averages 1991–2020
Jacobina weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Jacobina: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 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 Campo Formoso (78 km away). In May its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Jacobina, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Jacobina ranks joint 167th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 133rd of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Jacobina is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 49 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
Jacobina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 81 | 11.1 | 12.713 h |
| February | 30.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 61 | 12.0 | 12.512 h |
| March | 29.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 74 | 14.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 55 | 15.0 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 26.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 49 | 13.9 | 11.612 h |
| June | 24.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 49 | 16.1 | 11.511 h |
| July | 24.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 46 | 15.9 | 11.512 h |
| August | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 44 | 14.7 | 11.712 h |
| September | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 29 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 32 | 6.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 68 | 9.4 | 12.613 h |
| December | 29.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 65 | 8.9 | 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
- Campo Formoso in MayBrazil · 78 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Senhor do Bonfim in MayBrazil · 88 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Irecê in MayBrazil · 147 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Serrinha in MayBrazil · 173 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Petrolina in MayBrazil · 198 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Feira de Santana in MayBrazil · 207 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Casa Nova in MayBrazil · 229 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Santo Antônio de Jesus in MayBrazil · 241 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 76 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 Jacobina) is explained once on the Jacobina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.