Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouro Preto weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Ouro Preto: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Conselheiro Lafaiete (42 km away). In May its highs average 22.0°C, 1.2°C warmer than Ouro Preto, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Ouro Preto ranks joint 411th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 128th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Ouro Preto is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 17 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
Ouro Preto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 294 | 19.8 | 13.213 h |
| February | 24.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 187 | 15.9 | 12.813 h |
| March | 23.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 227 | 19.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 99 | 13.1 | 11.612 h |
| May, selected | 20.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 48 | 8.0 | 11.211 h |
| June | 20.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 3.4 | 10.911 h |
| July | 20.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.011 h |
| August | 21.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 24 | 4.1 | 11.411 h |
| September | 23.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 83 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 139 | 15.3 | 12.513 h |
| November | 23.0°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 283 | 21.7 | 13.113 h |
| December | 24.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 340 | 24.2 | 13.313 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
- Conselheiro Lafaiete in MayBrazil · 42 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Nova Lima in MayBrazil · 58 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Sabará in MayBrazil · 65 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Belo Horizonte in MayBrazil · 69 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Ibirité in MayBrazil · 71 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 31 mm rain
- João Monlevade in MayBrazil · 74 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Viçosa in MayBrazil · 76 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Contagem in MayBrazil · 77 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 31 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 Ouro Preto) is explained once on the Ouro Preto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.