Climate averages 1991–2020
Viçosa 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.
May is a warm month in Viçosa: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ubá (41 km away). In May its highs average 25.1°C, 1.4°C warmer than Viçosa, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Viçosa ranks joint 302nd of 448 for the warmest May highs and joint 77th of 448 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 448 cities is 25.3°C; Viçosa is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 12 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
Viçosa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 226 | 16.7 | 13.213 h |
| February | 28.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 118 | 12.1 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 132 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 60 | 9.6 | 11.612 h |
| May, selected | 23.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 34 | 5.3 | 11.111 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.911 h |
| July | 23.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 8.4 | 2.1 | 11.011 h |
| August | 24.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.411 h |
| September | 25.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 53 | 7.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 92 | 11.1 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 206 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| December | 26.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 244 | 20.0 | 13.413 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
- Ubá in MayBrazil · 41 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Muriaé in MayBrazil · 68 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Ouro Preto in MayBrazil · 76 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Conselheiro Lafaiete in MayBrazil · 95 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Manhuaçu in MayBrazil · 104 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Barbacena in MayBrazil · 106 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 44 mm rain
- João Monlevade in MayBrazil · 109 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Itaperuna in MayBrazil · 115 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 45 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 Viçosa) is explained once on the Viçosa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.