Climate averages 1991–2020

São Sebastião do Paraíso weather
in May.

A warm, moderately wet 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.

Average high 23.3°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 14.1°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 46 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in São Sebastião do Paraíso · average highYear overview

May is a warm month in São Sebastião do Paraíso: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 46 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 08 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Passos (45 km away). In May its highs average 24.4°C, 1.2°C warmer than São Sebastião do Paraíso, with 35 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, São Sebastião do Paraíso ranks joint 317th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 118th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; São Sebastião do Paraíso is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 25 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. 1015202530 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 3500

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

Every month, side by side

São Sebastião do Paraíso climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for São Sebastião do Paraíso, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 26.4°C18.8°C18.8°C30524.713.213 h
February 26.7°C18.8°C18.8°C21420.212.813 h
March 26.0°C18.3°C18.3°C19020.612.212 h
April 25.3°C16.8°C16.8°C8010.711.612 h
May, selected 23.3°C14.1°C14.1°C466.111.111 h
June 22.7°C12.9°C12.9°C253.010.911 h
July 23.1°C12.7°C12.7°C162.511.011 h
August 25.4°C14.1°C14.1°C193.411.411 h
September 27.2°C16.5°C16.5°C768.112.012 h
October 27.4°C17.8°C17.8°C12714.712.613 h
November 26.1°C17.9°C17.9°C20419.813.113 h
December 26.2°C18.6°C18.6°C29525.513.413 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

Distance from São Sebastião do Paraíso

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 Sebastião do Paraíso) is explained once on the São Sebastião do Paraíso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.