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Brasília in May

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Brasília is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 61°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Brasília is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
61°F16°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 14% of days
Daylight
11h 23mon average

Is May a good time to visit Brasília?

Yes. May is one of Brasília's best months (May to July).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 82°F in May, against 81°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in May, against 27°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

14% of days in May, against 0% to 77% through the year.

Cloud cover

51% cover in May, against 27% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

11h 23m in May, against 11h 12m to 13h 03m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April82°28°low 64°low 18°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May82°28°low 61°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. June81°27°low 59°low 15°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Brasília sits, in May

America/Sao Paulo
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:26 AMsets 5:49 PM
Above the sea
1,090 mupland
Latitude
15.8°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
São Paulo872 km south

The land around Brasília, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Brazil in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Brasília

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Brasília. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.