Climate averages 1991–2020

Serra Talhada weather
in May.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 30.1°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 21.4°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 40 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Serra Talhada · average highYear overview

May is a hot month in Serra Talhada: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Juazeiro do Norte (142 km away). In May its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Serra Talhada, with 37 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Serra Talhada ranks joint 25th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 93rd of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Serra Talhada is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 14 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. 152025303540 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 1500

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

Every month, side by side

Serra Talhada climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Serra Talhada, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 32.8°C23.0°C23.0°C668.612.513 h
February 32.3°C22.7°C22.7°C859.212.412 h
March 31.8°C22.6°C22.6°C10611.412.212 h
April 31.3°C22.2°C22.2°C688.711.912 h
May, selected 30.1°C21.4°C21.4°C406.711.812 h
June 28.8°C20.1°C20.1°C143.411.712 h
July 28.5°C19.2°C19.2°C8.42.011.712 h
August 29.8°C19.0°C19.0°C4.41.111.912 h
September 32.4°C20.1°C20.1°C1.10.212.112 h
October 34.1°C21.5°C21.5°C4.81.112.312 h
November 34.5°C22.6°C22.6°C121.712.512 h
December 34.2°C23.1°C23.1°C243.212.613 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 Serra Talhada

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 Serra Talhada) is explained once on the Serra Talhada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.