Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 10th 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 Caruaru (44 km away). In May its highs average 27.0°C, 1.8°C cooler than Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Cruz do Capibaribe ranks joint 82nd of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 99th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Santa Cruz do Capibaribe is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 34 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
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 40 | 7.9 | 12.513 h |
| February | 31.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 32 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 31.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 48 | 10.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 41 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 28.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 41 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 34 | 6.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 22 | 5.8 | 11.712 h |
| August | 27.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 12 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 6.5 | 2.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 7.0 | 2.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| December | 31.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 12 | 3.8 | 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
- Caruaru in MayBrazil · 44 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in MayBrazil · 48 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Gravatá in MayBrazil · 75 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Campina Grande in MayBrazil · 88 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in MayBrazil · 102 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Carpina in MayBrazil · 105 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Arcoverde in MayBrazil · 107 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Garanhuns in MayBrazil · 108 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe) is explained once on the Santa Cruz do Capibaribe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.