Alenquer weather in May

In May, Alenquer sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 303 mm of rain across 28 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Alenquer's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alenquer's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
9th warmest
Overnight low
25°
5th coldest
Rainfall
303 mm
28 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:38 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover
79%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Alenquer is human settlement in Brazil.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Alenquer reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Alenquer

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Alenquer weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 25°32825.412.13.0
Feb30° / 25°30524.212.12.9
Mar30° / 25°38928.4122.8
Apr30° / 25°38028.1122.7
May30° / 25°3032811.92.9
Jun31° / 24°14321.411.93.5
Jul31° / 24°8214.911.94.1
Aug33° / 25°507.911.94.1
Sep33° / 26°547.6123.6
Oct33° / 26°799.7123.3
Nov33° / 26°13014.312.13.2
Dec32° / 25°18518.812.13.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1892
2892
3892
41090
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Alenquer gets around 303 mm of rain over 28 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 90% and peaks near 95% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:38 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.26 kWh/m² to a high of 6.36 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.26 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Alenquer

In seasonPeak

In May, Alenquer sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Alenquer's rainy season runs December–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Alenquer?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Alenquer.

What to pack for Alenquer in May

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

In May, Alenquer sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Alenquer 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 Alenquer peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 13UV 15Jul 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Alenquer in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Alenquer is worst in November — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.5× the cleanest month (June, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateNov 1530 µg/m³Jun 209 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul9Good
Aug12Good
Sep15Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov31Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Alenquer?

Alenquer sits at 1.9°S, 54.7°W, 32 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Santarém, 56 km away.

Topography around Alenquer

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alenquer has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 691 m.

The land around Alenquer is covered by grassland (39%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, trees (34%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (49%), grassland (23%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
56 m
16 km
93 m
80 km
691 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Santarém 56 km · Monte Alegre 73 km · Belterra 80 km · Mojuí dos Campos 83 km · Óbidos 87 km · Oriximiná 127 km · Prainha 141 km · Juruti 152 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
Roman Catholic 57%Evangelical 27%none 9%other 4%

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 Alenquer (-1.9417°, -54.7383°, elevation 32 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).