Climate averages 1991–2020
Passos weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry 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 warm month in Passos: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is São Sebastião do Paraíso (45 km away). In May its highs average 23.3°C, 1.2°C cooler than Passos, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Passos ranks joint 268th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 80th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Passos is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 15 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
Passos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 243 | 22.2 | 13.213 h |
| February | 28.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 166 | 18.3 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 146 | 18.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 54 | 9.1 | 11.612 h |
| May, selected | 24.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 35 | 4.8 | 11.111 h |
| June | 23.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 15 | 2.5 | 10.911 h |
| July | 24.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 10 | 1.8 | 11.011 h |
| August | 26.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| September | 28.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 58 | 7.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 94 | 13.5 | 12.613 h |
| November | 27.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 168 | 19.0 | 13.113 h |
| December | 27.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 236 | 23.6 | 13.413 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
- São Sebastião do Paraíso in MayBrazil · 45 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Franca in MayBrazil · 85 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Alfenas in MayBrazil · 105 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Poços de Caldas in MayBrazil · 119 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Araxá in MayBrazil · 130 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Ribeirão Preto in MayBrazil · 135 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 45 mm rain
- São João da Boa Vista in MayBrazil · 140 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Sertãozinho in MayBrazil · 151 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.9°C · 41 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 Passos) is explained once on the Passos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.