Climate averages 1991–2020
São Carlos weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 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 São Carlos: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Araraquara (38 km away). In May its highs average 24.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than São Carlos, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, São Carlos ranks joint 311th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 142nd of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; São Carlos is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 35 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
São Carlos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 260 | 23.1 | 13.313 h |
| February | 27.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 180 | 19.3 | 12.813 h |
| March | 26.5°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 152 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 63 | 9.2 | 11.612 h |
| May, selected | 23.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 54 | 6.2 | 11.111 h |
| June | 23.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 35 | 3.5 | 10.811 h |
| July | 23.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 25 | 3.3 | 10.911 h |
| August | 25.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 26 | 3.4 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 65 | 8.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 114 | 13.1 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 165 | 17.0 | 13.113 h |
| December | 26.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 213 | 22.8 | 13.413 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
- Araraquara in MayBrazil · 38 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Pirassununga in MayBrazil · 48 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Leme in MayBrazil · 55 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Rio Claro in MayBrazil · 55 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Araras in MayBrazil · 64 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Matão in MayBrazil · 67 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Jaú in MayBrazil · 75 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Limeira in MayBrazil · 79 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 57 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 São Carlos) is explained once on the São Carlos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.