Climate averages 1991–2020
Patos weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Patos: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Serra Talhada (155 km away). In May its highs average 30.1°C, 2.4°C cooler than Patos, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Patos ranks joint 1st of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 74th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Patos is 7.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 13 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 climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 64 | 7.1 | 12.512 h |
| February | 33.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 65 | 8.3 | 12.312 h |
| March | 33.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 111 | 11.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 69 | 8.8 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 32.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 33 | 5.3 | 11.812 h |
| June | 31.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 13 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| July | 31.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 6.4 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| August | 32.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 3.9 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| September | 34.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 35.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 3.1 | 0.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 35.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 2.3 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| December | 35.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 13 | 1.8 | 12.513 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
- Serra Talhada in MayBrazil · 155 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Campina Grande in MayBrazil · 156 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Arcoverde in MayBrazil · 157 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Santa Cruz do Capibaribe in MayBrazil · 158 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in MayBrazil · 174 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Caruaru in MayBrazil · 201 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Mossoró in MayBrazil · 204 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Garanhuns in MayBrazil · 224 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 64 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) is explained once on the Patos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.