Climate averages 1991–2020
Mossoró weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 9th 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 Mossoró: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Russas (75 km away). In May its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as Mossoró, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Mossoró ranks 3rd of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 151st of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Mossoró is 6.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs stay level at 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 29 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
Mossoró climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 68 | 12.0 | 12.412 h |
| February | 32.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 84 | 13.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 31.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 127 | 18.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 117 | 16.6 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 32.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 56 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 32.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 29 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 18 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| August | 34.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| September | 34.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 35.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 2.1 | 0.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 34.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 3.1 | 0.5 | 12.312 h |
| December | 34.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 16 | 4.1 | 12.412 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
- Russas in MayBrazil · 75 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Cascavel, Brazil in MayBrazil · 154 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Pacajus in MayBrazil · 167 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 111 mm rain
- Horizonte in MayBrazil · 175 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Quixadá in MayBrazil · 187 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Eusébio in MayBrazil · 189 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Pacatuba in MayBrazil · 195 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 127 mm rain
- Maracanaú in MayBrazil · 204 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 100 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 Mossoró) is explained once on the Mossoró year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.