Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Inês weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Santa Inês: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bacabal (91 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Santa Inês, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Inês ranks joint 35th of 448 for the warmest May highs and 407th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Santa Inês is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 163 mm to 55 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 Inês climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 253 | 25.4 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 278 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 341 | 29.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 310 | 27.9 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 29.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 163 | 21.5 | 12.012 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 55 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| July | 31.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 32 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| August | 33.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 11 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| September | 34.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 12 | 2.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 34.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 19 | 4.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 33.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 49 | 8.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 32.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 120 | 15.3 | 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
- Bacabal in MayBrazil · 91 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 130 mm rain
- Pinheiro in MayBrazil · 132 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 248 mm rain
- São Luís in MayBrazil · 174 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 286 mm rain
- Codó in MayBrazil · 188 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 121 mm rain
- São José de Ribamar in MayBrazil · 192 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 292 mm rain
- Barra do Corda in MayBrazil · 205 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Chapadinha in MayBrazil · 224 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Paragominas in MayBrazil · 232 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 Santa Inês) is explained once on the Santa Inês year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.