Climate averages 1991–2020
Paulista weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Paulista: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Igarassu (12 km away). In May its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Paulista, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Paulista ranks joint 107th of 448 for the warmest May highs and 392nd of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Paulista is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 146 mm to 162 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
Paulista climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 53 | 15.9 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 61 | 15.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 82 | 18.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 124 | 21.2 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 28.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 146 | 23.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 162 | 24.0 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 143 | 24.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 26.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 82 | 21.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 45 | 15.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 31 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 24 | 9.8 | 12.512 h |
| December | 29.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 29 | 10.7 | 12.613 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
- Igarassu in MayBrazil · 12 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Recife in MayBrazil · 13 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 114 mm rain
- Camaragibe in MayBrazil · 15 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in MayBrazil · 25 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in MayBrazil · 42 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 166 mm rain
- Carpina in MayBrazil · 43 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Goiana in MayBrazil · 45 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in MayBrazil · 50 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 86 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 Paulista) is explained once on the Paulista year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.