Climate averages 1991–2020
São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tubarão (32 km away). In May its highs average 22.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil ranks joint 394th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 377th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 133 mm to 98 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 José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 314 | 22.9 | 13.714 h |
| February | 27.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 282 | 21.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 198 | 20.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 120 | 13.0 | 11.411 h |
| May, selected | 21.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 133 | 11.7 | 10.711 h |
| June | 19.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 98 | 9.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 87 | 10.0 | 10.511 h |
| August | 21.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 98 | 9.7 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 141 | 13.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 166 | 17.4 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 193 | 17.2 | 13.513 h |
| December | 26.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 226 | 19.4 | 13.914 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
- Tubarão in MayBrazil · 32 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Criciúma in MayBrazil · 55 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 129 mm rain
- Palhoça in MayBrazil · 80 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 119 mm rain
- São José (Santa Catarina, 27.62°S 48.63°W), Brazil in MayBrazil · 85 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 113 mm rain
- Araranguá in MayBrazil · 87 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Florianópolis in MayBrazil · 91 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Rio do Sul in MayBrazil · 121 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Lages in MayBrazil · 122 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 131 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 José) is explained once on the São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.