Climate averages 1991–2020
Parauapebas weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Parauapebas: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marabá (114 km away). In May its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Parauapebas, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Parauapebas ranks joint 63rd of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 304th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Parauapebas is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 mm to 20 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
Parauapebas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 251 | 29.0 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 238 | 26.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 246 | 29.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 189 | 26.4 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 29.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 102 | 17.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 30.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 20 | 4.9 | 11.812 h |
| July | 31.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 9.0 | 2.0 | 11.812 h |
| August | 32.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 6.4 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| September | 33.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 25 | 5.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 70 | 12.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 140 | 20.3 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 183 | 25.3 | 12.512 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
- Marabá in MayBrazil · 114 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Redenção in MayBrazil · 219 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Araguaína in MayBrazil · 225 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 86 mm rain
- São Félix do Xingu in MayBrazil · 240 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Tucuruí in MayBrazil · 257 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 173 mm rain
- Imperatriz in MayBrazil · 273 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Açailândia in MayBrazil · 293 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 102 mm rain
- Tailândia in MayBrazil · 363 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 194 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 Parauapebas) is explained once on the Parauapebas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.