Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Rita weather
in May.
A hot, 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 hot month in Santa Rita: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is João Pessoa (13 km away). In May its highs average 28.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Santa Rita, with 160 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Rita ranks joint 82nd of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 361st of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Santa Rita is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 125 mm to 124 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 Rita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 58 | 17.4 | 12.512 h |
| February | 30.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 71 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 97 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 123 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 28.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 125 | 21.7 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 124 | 21.5 | 11.712 h |
| July | 27.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 112 | 21.3 | 11.712 h |
| August | 27.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 54 | 16.7 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 34 | 13.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 23 | 10.2 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 23 | 9.3 | 12.412 h |
| December | 30.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 33 | 12.1 | 12.513 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
- João Pessoa in MayBrazil · 13 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Goiana in MayBrazil · 50 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Igarassu in MayBrazil · 80 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Carpina in MayBrazil · 87 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Paulista in MayBrazil · 93 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 146 mm rain
- Campina Grande in MayBrazil · 100 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Camaragibe in MayBrazil · 101 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Recife in MayBrazil · 105 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 114 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 Rita) is explained once on the Santa Rita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.