Climate averages 1991–2020
Senhor do Bonfim weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Senhor do Bonfim: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Campo Formoso (15 km away). In May its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Senhor do Bonfim, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Senhor do Bonfim ranks joint 178th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 172nd of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Senhor do Bonfim is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 63 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
Senhor do Bonfim climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 77 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| February | 29.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 76 | 10.3 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 79 | 12.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 54 | 14.5 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 26.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 58 | 15.2 | 11.612 h |
| June | 24.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 63 | 17.9 | 11.512 h |
| July | 23.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 55 | 17.8 | 11.612 h |
| August | 24.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 47 | 15.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 29 | 9.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 30 | 5.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 59 | 7.8 | 12.613 h |
| December | 29.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 66 | 7.6 | 12.713 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
- Campo Formoso in MayBrazil · 15 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Jacobina in MayBrazil · 88 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Petrolina in MayBrazil · 123 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Casa Nova in MayBrazil · 167 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Serrinha in MayBrazil · 186 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Irecê in MayBrazil · 205 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Feira de Santana in MayBrazil · 241 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Paulo Afonso in MayBrazil · 246 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 30 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 Senhor do Bonfim) is explained once on the Senhor do Bonfim year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Campo Formoso lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.