Climate averages 1991–2020
Tianguá weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Tianguá: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a 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 Sobral (71 km away). In May its highs average 31.0°C, 4.3°C warmer than Tianguá, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Tianguá ranks joint 150th of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 290th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Tianguá is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 23 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
Tianguá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 141 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 164 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 26.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 239 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 239 | 23.3 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 26.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 96 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 23 | 5.6 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 9.2 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 3.4 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 11 | 0.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 31.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 8.2 | 1.3 | 12.312 h |
| December | 30.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 32 | 5.8 | 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
- Sobral in MayBrazil · 71 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Parnaíba in MayBrazil · 127 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 148 mm rain
- Itapipoca in MayBrazil · 159 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Crateús in MayBrazil · 165 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Canindé in MayBrazil · 199 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Quixeramobim in MayBrazil · 249 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Teresina in MayBrazil · 251 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 124 mm rain
- Maranguape in MayBrazil · 256 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.9°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 Tianguá) is explained once on the Tianguá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.