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São Paulo in May

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in São Paulo is warm: highs near 75°F, lows near 58°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.May in São Paulo is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
75°F24°Caverage
Low
58°F14°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
10h 59mon average

Is May a good time to visit São Paulo?

Yes. May is one of São Paulo's best months (May to August).

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 75°F in May, against 74°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in May, against 23°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in May, against 23% to 87% through the year.

Cloud cover

47% cover in May, against 39% to 74% through the year.

Daylight

10h 59m in May, against 10h 42m to 13h 34m 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. April80°27°low 63°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May75°24°low 58°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June74°23°low 55°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where São Paulo sits, in May

America/Sao Paulo
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:33 AMsets 5:33 PM
Above the sea
760 mupland
Latitude
23.6°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Rio de Janeiro357 km east

The land around São Paulo, 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 São Paulo

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest São Paulo. 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.