Climate averages 1991–2020
Patos de Minas 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 Patos de Minas: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Patrocínio (64 km away). In May its highs average 24.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Patos de Minas, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Patos de Minas ranks joint 220th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 40th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Patos de Minas is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 8.7 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
Patos de Minas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 230 | 21.0 | 13.113 h |
| February | 27.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 163 | 17.0 | 12.713 h |
| March | 26.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 172 | 20.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 65 | 10.4 | 11.712 h |
| May, selected | 25.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 23 | 4.4 | 11.311 h |
| June | 24.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 8.7 | 1.3 | 11.011 h |
| July | 25.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 3.7 | 0.6 | 11.111 h |
| August | 26.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 7.0 | 1.5 | 11.511 h |
| September | 28.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 35 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 91 | 12.3 | 12.513 h |
| November | 26.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 205 | 21.2 | 13.013 h |
| December | 27.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 253 | 23.6 | 13.213 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
- Patrocínio in MayBrazil · 64 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Araxá in MayBrazil · 121 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Paracatu in MayBrazil · 156 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Catalão in MayBrazil · 158 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Araguari in MayBrazil · 176 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Uberlândia in MayBrazil · 189 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Uberaba in MayBrazil · 197 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Nova Serrana in MayBrazil · 216 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 37 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 Patos de Minas) is explained once on the Patos de Minas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.