Climate averages 1991–2020
Luis Eduardo Magalhães weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Luis Eduardo Magalhães: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Barreiras (87 km away). In May its highs average 30.4°C, 2.1°C warmer than Luis Eduardo Magalhães, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Luis Eduardo Magalhães ranks joint 107th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 28th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Luis Eduardo Magalhães is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 1.3 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
Luis Eduardo Magalhães climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 177 | 19.1 | 12.713 h |
| February | 27.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 150 | 17.9 | 12.512 h |
| March | 27.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 168 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 78 | 11.4 | 11.812 h |
| May, selected | 28.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 20 | 3.9 | 11.612 h |
| June | 28.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 11.411 h |
| July | 28.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| August | 29.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.5 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 31.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 12 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 69 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| November | 28.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 165 | 15.3 | 12.713 h |
| December | 28.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 165 | 17.3 | 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
- Barreiras in MayBrazil · 87 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Palmas in MayBrazil · 350 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Gurupi in MayBrazil · 360 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Guanambi in MayBrazil · 402 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Formosa, Brazil in MayBrazil · 418 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Planaltina (Goias), Brazil in MayBrazil · 423 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Irecê in MayBrazil · 437 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Planaltina (Federal District), Brazil in MayBrazil · 441 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 14 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 Luis Eduardo Magalhães) is explained once on the Luis Eduardo Magalhães year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.