Climate averages 1991–2020
João Pessoa weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in João Pessoa: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Rita (13 km away). In May its highs average 28.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than João Pessoa, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, João Pessoa ranks joint 112th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 404th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; João Pessoa is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 160 mm to 164 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
João Pessoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 56 | 15.0 | 12.512 h |
| February | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 73 | 15.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 104 | 19.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 147 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 28.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 160 | 22.3 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 164 | 23.2 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 149 | 24.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 26.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 69 | 19.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 37 | 13.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 23 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 19 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 29 | 9.8 | 12.513 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
- Santa Rita in MayBrazil · 13 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 125 mm rain
- Goiana in MayBrazil · 52 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Igarassu in MayBrazil · 80 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Paulista in MayBrazil · 92 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 146 mm rain
- Carpina in MayBrazil · 93 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Camaragibe in MayBrazil · 102 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Recife in MayBrazil · 104 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 114 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in MayBrazil · 112 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 114 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 João Pessoa) is explained once on the João Pessoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.