Going from a maximum of +82°F during the day to a minimum of +54°F during the night, the temperature in May averages around +81°F.
The average maximum temperature goes down 6% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +81°F to +79°F.
Brasilia is typically warm in May.
Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from +81°F to +81°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +64°F to +61°F.
It’s generally warm, but pack a long-sleeve shirt for evenings.
Take a look at how May is compared to other months in Brasilia:
April | May | June | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Avg. temperature | ||||||
+81°F | +81°F | +79°F | ||||
Min. temperature | ||||||
+55°F | +41°F | +41°F | ||||
Max. temperature | ||||||
+90°F | +88°F | +88°F | ||||
Rainfall | ||||||
90 mm | 21 mm | 5 mm | ||||
Wind | ||||||
1 m/s | 1 m/s | 2 m/s | ||||
Humidity | ||||||
77% | 70% | 65% | ||||
Air pressure | ||||||
1014 HPa | 1015 HPa | 1017 HPa | ||||
Sunny days | ||||||
5 | 11 | 17 | ||||
Cloudy days | ||||||
5 | 10 | 10 | ||||
Rainy days | ||||||
15 | 8 | 2 | ||||
Snowy days | ||||||
0 | 0 | 0 |
May often has better weather than April. The temperature levels stay the same in the area of +81°F for average maximum temperature during the day. As May arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 90 mm to 21 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 77% to 70%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during May, staying around 1 m/s. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in May, from 5 to 11.
June brings much the same weather, it remains great.
The average wind speed is 2 m/s getting up to 3 m/s which is a light breeze; barely moving the tree leaves.
The average wind speed in Brasilia is gradually decreasing during May, going from 2 m/s to 1 m/s over the course of the month.
The climate in Brasilia in May has not changed that much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1979 (+79°F) and the highest in 1998 (+83°F). The driest year was 2019 with only 963 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1992 with 1971 mm.
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Brasilia, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.