Climate averages 1991–2020
Juazeiro do Norte weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 8th 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 Juazeiro do Norte: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Crato (11 km away). In May its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Juazeiro do Norte, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Juazeiro do Norte ranks joint 37th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 88th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Juazeiro do Norte is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 12 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
Juazeiro do Norte climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 113 | 14.1 | 12.512 h |
| February | 30.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 121 | 14.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 152 | 18.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 92 | 12.9 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 29.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 37 | 6.7 | 11.812 h |
| June | 29.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 12 | 2.8 | 11.712 h |
| July | 29.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 6.1 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| August | 30.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 3.1 | 0.6 | 11.912 h |
| September | 32.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 34.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 7.7 | 1.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 33.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 15 | 2.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 33.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 33 | 5.3 | 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
- Crato in MayBrazil · 11 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Iguatu in MayBrazil · 95 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Araripina in MayBrazil · 137 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Serra Talhada in MayBrazil · 142 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Quixeramobim in MayBrazil · 224 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Patos in MayBrazil · 226 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Picos in MayBrazil · 238 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Quixadá in MayBrazil · 251 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 75 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 Juazeiro do Norte) is explained once on the Juazeiro do Norte year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.