Climate averages 1991–2020
Pinheiro weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Pinheiro: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 248 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is São Luís (87 km away). In May its highs average 28.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Pinheiro, with 286 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Pinheiro ranks joint 44th of 448 for the warmest May highs and 424th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Pinheiro is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 248 mm to 116 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
Pinheiro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 196 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| February | 29.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 260 | 25.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 368 | 29.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 367 | 28.7 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 29.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 248 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 116 | 20.2 | 12.012 h |
| July | 29.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 76 | 16.2 | 12.012 h |
| August | 30.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 27 | 8.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 32.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 14 | 3.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 32.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 16 | 3.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 32.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 27 | 5.5 | 12.212 h |
| December | 32.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 66 | 12.1 | 12.312 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 Luís in MayBrazil · 87 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 286 mm rain
- São José de Ribamar in MayBrazil · 114 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 292 mm rain
- Santa Inês in MayBrazil · 132 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 163 mm rain
- Bacabal in MayBrazil · 193 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 130 mm rain
- Chapadinha in MayBrazil · 234 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Bragança in MayBrazil · 248 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 299 mm rain
- Codó in MayBrazil · 253 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Paragominas in MayBrazil · 258 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 184 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 Pinheiro) is explained once on the Pinheiro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.