Alagoa Nova weather in May

In May, Alagoa Nova sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 68 mm of rain across 15.4 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Alagoa Nova's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alagoa Nova's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 68 mm; 15.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 5:29 AM – 5:10 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 8th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.54 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Alagoa Nova is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Alagoa Nova reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
4	28	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
15	28	21
16	28	21
17	28	21
18	28	21
19	28	21
20	28	21
21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	21
24	27	21
25	27	21
26	27	21
27	27	21
28	27	21
29	27	21
30	27	20
31	27	20

How May really feels in Alagoa Nova

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Alagoa Nova weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 21°	50	13.5	12.4	4.7
Feb	30° / 21°	56	13.8	12.2	4.5
Mar	30° / 22°	75	16.9	12	4.4
Apr	29° / 21°	78	17.2	11.8	4.6
May	28° / 21°	68	15.4	11.7	5.5
Jun	26° / 20°	62	14.8	11.6	5.8
Jul	26° / 19°	61	14	11.6	6.1
Aug	26° / 19°	35	11.6	11.8	6.4
Sep	27° / 19°	24	8.9	12	6.6
Oct	29° / 20°	20	7.9	12.2	6.0
Nov	29° / 21°	18	6	12.3	5.8
Dec	30° / 21°	27	9.5	12.4	5.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 33% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	47	46	47	47	48	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	52	52	53	53	53	54	53	54	54	54	53	53
Cloudier (%)	56	56	56	56	56	55	55	53	54	53	53	52	51	51	50	50	50	49	49	48	48	47	47	47	46	47	46	46	46	47	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	47	53
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	54	46
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47
31	53	47

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Alagoa Nova gets around 68 mm of rain over 15.4 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 49% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	52	52	51	50	50	49	49	48	48	47	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	48	48	49	50	50	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	52
3	51
4	50
5	50
6	49
7	49
8	48
9	48
10	47
11	47
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	47
19	48
20	48
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	51
25	51
26	52
27	52
28	52
29	52
30	52
31	52

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 63% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Humid (%)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Muggy (%)	51	52	52	54	55	56	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	64	65	65	66	66	66	65	65	66	66	67	67	68	69	70	71	73	74
Oppressive (%)	48	47	47	46	45	44	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	30	29	28	26	24

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	51	48
2	1	52	47
3	1	52	47
4	0	54	46
5	0	55	45
6	0	56	44
7	0	58	42
8	0	59	41
9	0	60	40
10	0	61	39
11	0	62	38
12	0	63	37
13	0	64	36
14	0	64	36
15	0	65	35
16	0	65	35
17	0	66	34
18	0	66	34
19	0	66	34
20	1	65	34
21	1	65	34
22	1	66	33
23	1	66	33
24	1	67	32
25	1	67	32
26	1	68	31
27	1	69	30
28	1	70	29
29	1	71	28
30	1	73	26
31	2	74	24

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:28 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 5:13 PM to 5:09 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32
Sunset (PM)	5:13	5:13	5:12	5:12	5:12	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	5:28	5:13
2	11.7	5:28	5:13
3	11.7	5:28	5:12
4	11.7	5:28	5:12
5	11.7	5:28	5:12
6	11.7	5:28	5:11
7	11.7	5:28	5:11
8	11.7	5:28	5:11
9	11.7	5:28	5:11
10	11.7	5:28	5:11
11	11.7	5:28	5:10
12	11.7	5:28	5:10
13	11.7	5:29	5:10
14	11.7	5:29	5:10
15	11.7	5:29	5:10
16	11.7	5:29	5:10
17	11.7	5:29	5:10
18	11.7	5:29	5:09
19	11.7	5:29	5:09
20	11.7	5:30	5:09
21	11.7	5:30	5:09
22	11.7	5:30	5:09
23	11.6	5:30	5:09
24	11.6	5:30	5:09
25	11.6	5:30	5:09
26	11.6	5:31	5:09
27	11.6	5:31	5:09
28	11.6	5:31	5:09
29	11.6	5:31	5:09
30	11.6	5:32	5:09
31	11.6	5:32	5:09

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.06 kWh/m² to a high of 6.17 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.54 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Alagoa Nova?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

5.9

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Alagoa Nova for sightseeing.

What to pack for Alagoa Nova in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Alagoa Nova sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Alagoa Nova in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alagoa Nova peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 15 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	15	13	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Alagoa Nova?

Alagoa Nova sits at 7.1°S, 35.8°W, 440 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Esperança, 12 km away.

Topography around Alagoa Nova

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Alagoa Nova.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alagoa Nova has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 316 m around an average of 478 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 568 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 781 m.

The land around Alagoa Nova is covered by grassland (50%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and shrubs (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

316 m

grassland 50%

16 km

568 m

grassland 59%

80 km

781 m

grassland 54%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

← April Alagoa Nova year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Esperança 12 km · Remígio 12 km · Areia 14 km · Alagoa Grande 15 km · Lagoa Seca 15 km · Campina Grande 22 km · Ingá 29 km · Pocinhos 33 km

Brazil travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / N; 127 / 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 46% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $10,713; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 89%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 19.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 16; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 482
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Alagoa Nova (-7.0708°, -35.7583°, elevation 440 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
4	28	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
15	28	21
16	28	21
17	28	21
18	28	21
19	28	21
20	28	21
21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	21
24	27	21
25	27	21
26	27	21
27	27	21
28	27	21
29	27	21
30	27	20
31	27	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	47	53
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	54	46
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	52
3	51
4	50
5	50
6	49
7	49
8	48
9	48
10	47
11	47
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	47
19	48
20	48
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	51
25	51
26	52
27	52
28	52
29	52
30	52
31	52

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	51	48
2	1	52	47
3	1	52	47
4	0	54	46
5	0	55	45
6	0	56	44
7	0	58	42
8	0	59	41
9	0	60	40
10	0	61	39
11	0	62	38
12	0	63	37
13	0	64	36
14	0	64	36
15	0	65	35
16	0	65	35
17	0	66	34
18	0	66	34
19	0	66	34
20	1	65	34
21	1	65	34
22	1	66	33
23	1	66	33
24	1	67	32
25	1	67	32
26	1	68	31
27	1	69	30
28	1	70	29
29	1	71	28
30	1	73	26
31	2	74	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
4	28	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
15	28	21
16	28	21
17	28	21
18	28	21
19	28	21
20	28	21
21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	21
24	27	21
25	27	21
26	27	21
27	27	21
28	27	21
29	27	21
30	27	20
31	27	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	47	53
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	54	46
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	52
3	51
4	50
5	50
6	49
7	49
8	48
9	48
10	47
11	47
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	47
19	48
20	48
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	51
25	51
26	52
27	52
28	52
29	52
30	52
31	52

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	51	48
2	1	52	47
3	1	52	47
4	0	54	46
5	0	55	45
6	0	56	44
7	0	58	42
8	0	59	41
9	0	60	40
10	0	61	39
11	0	62	38
12	0	63	37
13	0	64	36
14	0	64	36
15	0	65	35
16	0	65	35
17	0	66	34
18	0	66	34
19	0	66	34
20	1	65	34
21	1	65	34
22	1	66	33
23	1	66	33
24	1	67	32
25	1	67	32
26	1	68	31
27	1	69	30
28	1	70	29
29	1	71	28
30	1	73	26
31	2	74	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
4	28	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
15	28	21
16	28	21
17	28	21
18	28	21
19	28	21
20	28	21
21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	21
24	27	21
25	27	21
26	27	21
27	27	21
28	27	21
29	27	21
30	27	20
31	27	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	47	53
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	54	46
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	52
3	51
4	50
5	50
6	49
7	49
8	48
9	48
10	47
11	47
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	47
19	48
20	48
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	51
25	51
26	52
27	52
28	52
29	52
30	52
31	52

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	51	48
2	1	52	47
3	1	52	47
4	0	54	46
5	0	55	45
6	0	56	44
7	0	58	42
8	0	59	41
9	0	60	40
10	0	61	39
11	0	62	38
12	0	63	37
13	0	64	36
14	0	64	36
15	0	65	35
16	0	65	35
17	0	66	34
18	0	66	34
19	0	66	34
20	1	65	34
21	1	65	34
22	1	66	33
23	1	66	33
24	1	67	32
25	1	67	32
26	1	68	31
27	1	69	30
28	1	70	29
29	1	71	28
30	1	73	26
31	2	74	24