Climate averages 1991–2020

São Bento do Sul weather
in May.

A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 18.9°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 11.7°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 102 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in São Bento do Sul · average highYear overview

May is a mild month in São Bento do Sul: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 51 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaraguá do Sul (41 km away). In May its highs average 22.6°C, 3.7°C warmer than São Bento do Sul, with 102 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, São Bento do Sul ranks joint 439th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 304th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; São Bento do Sul is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 102 mm to 124 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

São Bento do Sul climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for São Bento do Sul, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 24.5°C17.6°C17.6°C21122.613.614 h
February 24.5°C17.8°C17.8°C19320.813.013 h
March 23.4°C16.8°C16.8°C13218.212.312 h
April 21.9°C14.7°C14.7°C8511.411.511 h
May, selected 18.9°C11.7°C11.7°C1029.510.811 h
June 17.9°C10.2°C10.2°C1249.810.511 h
July 17.7°C9.4°C9.4°C1039.110.711 h
August 19.2°C10.0°C10.0°C1018.211.211 h
September 19.9°C11.6°C11.6°C17511.711.912 h
October 21.2°C13.5°C13.5°C16916.012.713 h
November 22.2°C14.6°C14.6°C13816.513.413 h
December 24.0°C16.5°C16.5°C17219.213.714 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

Distance from São Bento do Sul

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for São Bento do Sul) is explained once on the São Bento do Sul year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.