The tables below give May averages for rainfall at cities and other locations in Brazil. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.
You can jump to a separate table for each region of the country: Northeast Brazil, Southeast Brazil, South Brazil, Center West Brazil and North Brazil.
The rainfall measurements are averages of weather data collected from 1961 to 1990.
Northeast Brazil
May rainfall averages
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 11 |
Apodí |
4.8 |
122 |
| 17 |
Aracaju |
13.1 |
334 |
| 14 |
Campina Grande |
4.1 |
105 |
| 19 |
Fortaleza |
10.1 |
256 |
| 17 |
João Pessoa |
12.1 |
307 |
| 22 |
Maceió |
15.0 |
382 |
| 14 |
Natal |
9.4 |
240 |
| 2 |
Petrolina |
0.9 |
22 |
| 20 |
Recife |
12.5 |
319 |
| 20 |
Salvador |
14.2 |
360 |
| 7 |
São Gonçalo |
3.4 |
87 |
| 20 |
São Luis |
12.5 |
317 |
| 10 |
Teresina |
4.5 |
113 |
Southeast Brazil
Average May precipitation
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 4 |
Araçatuba |
2.3 |
58 |
| 3 |
Belo Horizonte |
1.1 |
29 |
| 7 |
Cabo Frio |
2.9 |
74 |
| 4 |
Campinas |
1.8 |
46 |
| 7 |
Campos do Jordão |
3.1 |
79 |
| 4 |
Franca |
2.0 |
51 |
| 8 |
Ilha Guaíba |
3.4 |
88 |
| 5 |
Juiz de Fora |
1.9 |
49 |
| 5 |
Mogi das Cruzes |
1.6 |
41 |
| 6 |
Rio de Janeiro |
2.7 |
70 |
| 9 |
Santos |
5.7 |
144 |
| 4 |
São José dos Campos |
1.2 |
30 |
| 6 |
São Paulo |
2.8 |
71 |
| 8 |
Sorocaba |
4.1 |
105 |
| 11 |
Ubatuba |
5.4 |
137 |
| 3 |
Uberaba |
1.5 |
38 |
| 8 |
Vitória |
3.4 |
86 |
South Brazil
Average amount of rain in May
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 9 |
Caxias do Sul |
4.8 |
123 |
| 7 |
Curitiba |
4.0 |
101 |
| 7 |
Florianópolis |
3.8 |
97 |
| 6 |
Foz do lguaçu |
5.0 |
128 |
| 7 |
Londrina |
4.2 |
107 |
| 8 |
Maringá |
5.1 |
130 |
| 5 |
Ponta Grossa |
3.0 |
76 |
| 8 |
Porto Alegre |
3.5 |
90 |
| 6 |
Rio Grande |
3.4 |
87 |
Center West Brazil
May precipitation averages
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 3 |
Brasília |
1.5 |
39 |
| 5 |
Campo Grande |
3.8 |
97 |
| 4 |
Cuiabá |
2.0 |
51 |
| 4 |
Goiânia |
1.4 |
36 |
| 3 |
Goiás |
1.6 |
41 |
| 4 |
Pirenópolis |
1.4 |
36 |
North Brazil
Average rainfall in May
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 23 |
Belém |
12.0 |
306 |
| 15 |
Benjamin Constant |
9.7 |
245 |
| 14 |
Boa Vista |
8.4 |
213 |
| 12 |
Cruzeiro do Sul |
6.4 |
163 |
| 22 |
Macapá |
16.0 |
407 |
| 17 |
Manaus |
11.0 |
279 |
| 2 |
Palmas |
0.6 |
15 |
| 11 |
Porto Velho |
5.0 |
127 |
| 8 |
Rio Branco |
3.7 |
93 |
| 22 |
Santarém |
10.8 |
274 |
| 23 |
Taracuá |
16.0 |
407 |