Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Luzia weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Santa Luzia: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vespasiano (11 km away). In May its highs average 25.3°C, about as warm as Santa Luzia, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Luzia ranks joint 241st of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 43rd of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Santa Luzia is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 6.9 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
Santa Luzia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 178 | 17.2 | 13.213 h |
| February | 28.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 100 | 11.7 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 121 | 15.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 47 | 8.8 | 11.712 h |
| May, selected | 24.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 24 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| June | 24.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 6.9 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| July | 24.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 3.5 | 0.6 | 11.111 h |
| August | 25.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 8.6 | 1.8 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 38 | 5.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 69 | 10.2 | 12.513 h |
| November | 26.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 165 | 17.7 | 13.013 h |
| December | 26.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 217 | 20.9 | 13.313 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
- Vespasiano in MayBrazil · 11 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Sabará in MayBrazil · 14 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Lagoa Santa in MayBrazil · 16 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Belo Horizonte in MayBrazil · 19 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Nova Lima in MayBrazil · 24 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Ribeirão das Neves in MayBrazil · 25 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Contagem in MayBrazil · 28 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Ibirité in MayBrazil · 35 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 31 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 Luzia) is explained once on the Santa Luzia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.