Climate averages 1991–2020

Teresópolis weather
in May.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

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

Average high 21.3°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 14.2°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall 80 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a mild month in Teresópolis: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Petrópolis (23 km away). In May its highs average 22.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Teresópolis, with 70 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Teresópolis ranks joint 394th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 262nd of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Teresópolis is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 49 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Teresópolis climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Teresópolis, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	26.1°C19.1°C	19.1°C	328	23.3	13.313 h
February	26.5°C19.0°C	19.0°C	244	18.8	12.913 h
March	25.2°C18.4°C	18.4°C	259	22.1	12.212 h
April	23.6°C16.8°C	16.8°C	119	15.2	11.612 h
May, selected	21.3°C14.2°C	14.2°C	80	11.5	11.111 h
June	20.9°C13.0°C	13.0°C	49	7.3	10.811 h
July	20.7°C12.4°C	12.4°C	48	7.2	10.911 h
August	21.8°C12.9°C	12.9°C	49	7.6	11.311 h
September	23.0°C14.6°C	14.6°C	102	11.8	11.912 h
October	24.0°C16.2°C	16.2°C	150	15.9	12.613 h
November	23.9°C17.1°C	17.1°C	272	20.7	13.213 h
December	25.4°C18.5°C	18.5°C	323	23.5	13.513 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.

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May in nearby cities

Distance from Teresópolis

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