Climate averages 1991–2020
Pacajus weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Pacajus: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Horizonte (9 km away). In May its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Pacajus, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Pacajus ranks joint 33rd of 448 for the warmest May highs and 336th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Pacajus is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 111 mm to 52 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
Pacajus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 89 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 123 | 19.7 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 179 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 208 | 24.1 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 111 | 18.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 52 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| July | 30.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 29 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 5.6 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 32.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 32.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 4.8 | 1.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 32.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 7.4 | 2.3 | 12.312 h |
| December | 32.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 26 | 8.2 | 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
- Horizonte in MayBrazil · 9 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Cascavel, Brazil in MayBrazil · 25 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Pacatuba in MayBrazil · 27 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 127 mm rain
- Eusébio in MayBrazil · 31 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Maracanaú in MayBrazil · 38 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Maranguape in MayBrazil · 40 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Fortaleza in MayBrazil · 51 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 129 mm rain
- Caucaia in MayBrazil · 53 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 95 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 Pacajus) is explained once on the Pacajus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.