Climate averages 1991–2020

Lagarto weather
in May.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.1°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 21.8°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 83 mm 20 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a hot month in Lagarto: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Itabaiana (36 km away). In May its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Lagarto, with 83 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Lagarto ranks joint 110th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 266th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Lagarto is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 83 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Lagarto climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Lagarto, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 31.2°C22.8°C22.8°C4711.312.713 h
February 31.1°C23.1°C23.1°C4812.412.512 h
March 31.2°C23.1°C23.1°C5214.212.212 h
April 30.0°C22.7°C22.7°C6715.811.912 h
May, selected 28.1°C21.8°C21.8°C8319.711.612 h
June 26.4°C20.7°C20.7°C8321.011.511 h
July 25.6°C19.7°C19.7°C7021.011.512 h
August 25.8°C19.4°C19.4°C6219.411.812 h
September 27.2°C20.0°C20.0°C4414.512.012 h
October 29.1°C21.2°C21.2°C339.512.312 h
November 30.5°C22.1°C22.1°C358.512.613 h
December 31.3°C22.6°C22.6°C338.412.713 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

Distance from Lagarto

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lagarto) is explained once on the Lagarto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.