Climate averages 1991–2020
Sobral weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Sobral: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tianguá (71 km away). In May its highs average 26.8°C, 4.3°C cooler than Sobral, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Sobral ranks joint 8th of 448 for the warmest May highs and 265th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Sobral is 5.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 22 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
Sobral climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 95 | 15.5 | 12.312 h |
| February | 31.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 124 | 18.8 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 177 | 23.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 187 | 22.2 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 82 | 13.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 31.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 22 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| July | 32.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 14 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| August | 34.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 3.9 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 35.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 35.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 35.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 4.6 | 0.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 34.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 22 | 4.7 | 12.312 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
- Tianguá in MayBrazil · 71 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Itapipoca in MayBrazil · 88 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Canindé in MayBrazil · 137 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Crateús in MayBrazil · 170 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Parnaíba in MayBrazil · 181 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 148 mm rain
- Maranguape in MayBrazil · 186 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Caucaia in MayBrazil · 188 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 95 mm rain
- Maracanaú in MayBrazil · 192 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 100 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 Sobral) is explained once on the Sobral year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.