Climate averages 1991–2020
Picos weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Picos: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th 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 Araripina (120 km away). In May its highs average 28.3°C, 4.2°C cooler than Picos, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Picos ranks joint 1st of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 61st of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Picos is 7.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 3.9 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
Picos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 141 | 16.6 | 12.512 h |
| February | 31.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 141 | 17.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 149 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 88 | 11.6 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 32.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 30 | 4.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 32.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 3.9 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| July | 32.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| August | 33.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 35.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 1.7 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 36.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 9.4 | 1.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 35.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 25 | 4.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 34.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 58 | 7.8 | 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
- Araripina in MayBrazil · 120 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Crato in MayBrazil · 228 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Crateús in MayBrazil · 229 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Juazeiro do Norte in MayBrazil · 238 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Casa Nova in MayBrazil · 239 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Iguatu in MayBrazil · 252 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Teresina in MayBrazil · 266 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 124 mm rain
- Petrolina in MayBrazil · 279 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 10 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 Picos) is explained once on the Picos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.