Nova Friburgo weather in May

In May, Nova Friburgo has daytime highs averaging 22 °C, nights around 15 °C, with 12 wet days. Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

  1. Jan 23°
  2. Feb 23°
  3. Mar 22°
  4. Apr 20°
  5. May 18°
  6. Jun 17°
  7. Jul 17°
  8. Aug 18°
  9. Sep 19°
  10. Oct 20°
  11. Nov 21°
  12. Dec 22°

Daily temperatures through May

11° 19° 26° 18152229
Daily high Daily low Day of month on the horizontal axis. Highs peak at 23.6 °C and lows bottom out at 13.8 °C.

How May develops

Averages for the first, middle and last part of the month, from daily 1991–2020 normals. Chance of rain is the share of years in which that calendar day recorded more than 1 mm.

Days Avg high Avg low Chance of rain
1–10 May 22.9 °C 15.5 °C 40 %
11–20 May 22.0 °C 14.9 °C 42 %
21–31 May 21.7 °C 14.4 °C 36 %
0% 50% 100% 1 5 10 15 20 25 30
Chance of a wet day (over 1 mm) by date in May. Wettest date over the 30 years: May 17, at 53 %. Single dates are noisy — read the shape, not the spikes.

What to expect

Measure Typical May Share of the month
Days above 25 °C 4.0 of 31 13 %
Days above 30 °C 0 of 31 0 %
Days below 0 °C 0 of 31 0 %
Days with more than 1 mm rain 12 of 31 39 %

Conditions in May

MeasureAverage
Mean temperature 18 °C
Record high (1991–2020) 28 °C
Record low (1991–2020) 8.7 °C
Relative humidity 85 %
Wind speed 9.5 km/h
Cloud cover 58 %

May compared with the months around it

Month Avg high Rainfall Cloud
March 26.0 °C 243 mm 71 %
April 24.4 °C 124 mm 64 %
May 22.2 °C 83 mm 58 %
June 21.7 °C 42 mm 51 %
July 21.4 °C 42 mm 49 %

See all twelve months for Nova Friburgo

QuestionsMay in Nova Friburgo, answered

How warm is Nova Friburgo in May?

Daily highs average 22 °C and nights fall to about 15 °C, a spread of 7.2 °C between afternoon and dawn. That makes May the 9th warmest month of the year here.

Does it rain much in Nova Friburgo in May?

May averages 83 mm of rain, spread over about 12 of the 31 days — 39 % of the month. Cloud cover averages 58 % of the sky.

How long are the days in May?

Nova Friburgo averages 11 hours between sunrise and sunset in May. Day length is computed from latitude and date, so it is exact rather than modelled — but it says nothing about how much of that time is sunny.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: daylight hours, beach and comfort scores, monthly rankings, threshold day counts, chance of a wet day by date, ten-day averages within the month. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

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