Climate averages 1991–2020
Maceió weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Maceió: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Largo (25 km away). In May its highs average 27.6°C, about as warm as Maceió, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Maceió ranks joint 126th of 448 for the warmest May highs and 414th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Maceió is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 177 mm to 187 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
Maceió climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 65 | 17.2 | 12.613 h |
| February | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 68 | 16.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 83 | 19.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 129 | 21.6 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 27.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 177 | 24.3 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 187 | 24.9 | 11.612 h |
| July | 25.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 174 | 25.2 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 106 | 23.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 68 | 19.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 56 | 16.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 40 | 13.6 | 12.513 h |
| December | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 36 | 12.6 | 12.713 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
- Rio Largo in MayBrazil · 25 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 149 mm rain
- Arapiraca in MayBrazil · 102 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Garanhuns in MayBrazil · 121 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Caruaru in MayBrazil · 156 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Ipojuca in MayBrazil · 159 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 160 mm rain
- Gravatá in MayBrazil · 164 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in MayBrazil · 166 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in MayBrazil · 172 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 166 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 Maceió) is explained once on the Maceió year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.