Climate averages 1991–2020
Salvador weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Salvador: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lauro de Freitas (20 km away). In May its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Salvador, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Salvador ranks joint 172nd of 448 for the warmest May highs and 417th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Salvador is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 186 mm to 150 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
Salvador climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 59 | 12.4 | 12.813 h |
| February | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 62 | 14.5 | 12.513 h |
| March | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 91 | 17.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 158 | 22.3 | 11.812 h |
| May, selected | 26.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 186 | 22.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 25.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 150 | 22.9 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 116 | 21.9 | 11.411 h |
| August | 24.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 81 | 19.8 | 11.712 h |
| September | 25.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 64 | 14.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 58 | 10.9 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 64 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 40 | 9.6 | 12.913 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
- Lauro de Freitas in MayBrazil · 20 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 145 mm rain
- Simões Filho in MayBrazil · 23 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 202 mm rain
- Candeias in MayBrazil · 35 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 202 mm rain
- Dias d'Ávila in MayBrazil · 46 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Valença (Bahia), Brazil in MayBrazil · 77 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 154 mm rain
- Santo Antônio de Jesus in MayBrazil · 83 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Alagoinhas in MayBrazil · 94 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Feira de Santana in MayBrazil · 94 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 61 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 Salvador) is explained once on the Salvador year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.