Climate averages 1991–2020

Sobradinho II weather
in May.

A warm, fairly dry 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 25.8°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 16.2°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 16 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Sobradinho II · average highYear overview

May is a warm month in Sobradinho II: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Brasília (19 km away). In May its highs average 25.5°C, about as warm as Sobradinho II, with 20 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Sobradinho II ranks joint 200th of 448 for the warmest May highs and 16th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Sobradinho II is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 3.9 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. 101520253035 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 2500

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

Every month, side by side

Sobradinho II climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sobradinho II, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 26.1°C18.3°C18.3°C19322.012.913 h
February 26.3°C18.3°C18.3°C16818.712.613 h
March 26.1°C18.2°C18.2°C17820.412.212 h
April 26.1°C17.7°C17.7°C7412.211.812 h
May, selected 25.8°C16.2°C16.2°C163.511.411 h
June 25.2°C15.0°C15.0°C3.90.611.211 h
July 25.4°C14.6°C14.6°C0.30.011.311 h
August 27.3°C15.9°C15.9°C4.51.311.612 h
September 29.4°C18.2°C18.2°C284.812.012 h
October 29.0°C19.0°C19.0°C10313.612.412 h
November 26.4°C18.4°C18.4°C20121.412.813 h
December 26.1°C18.4°C18.4°C21822.713.013 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 Sobradinho II

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 Sobradinho II) is explained once on the Sobradinho II year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.