Climate averages 1991–2020
Sinop weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Sinop: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sorriso (79 km away). In May its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Sinop, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Sinop ranks joint 21st of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 63rd of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Sinop is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 31 mm to 4.8 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
Sinop climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 305 | 28.7 | 12.713 h |
| February | 28.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 282 | 26.6 | 12.512 h |
| March | 28.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 256 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 129 | 19.4 | 11.812 h |
| May, selected | 30.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 31 | 6.6 | 11.612 h |
| June | 31.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 4.8 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| July | 31.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.511 h |
| August | 33.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 6.6 | 1.3 | 11.712 h |
| September | 33.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 53 | 8.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 146 | 20.1 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 232 | 25.1 | 12.613 h |
| December | 28.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 296 | 27.8 | 12.813 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
- Sorriso in MayBrazil · 79 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Lucas do Rio Verde in MayBrazil · 141 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Tangará da Serra in MayBrazil · 374 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Cuiabá in MayBrazil · 420 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Vilhena in MayBrazil · 514 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Rondonópolis in MayBrazil · 521 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Cáceres, Brazil in MayBrazil · 523 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Cacoal in MayBrazil · 649 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 77 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 Sinop) is explained once on the Sinop year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.