Alto Alegre weather in May

In May, Alto Alegre sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 406 mm of rain across 27.5 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-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 oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Alto Alegre's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alto Alegre's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
10th warmest
Overnight low
23°
4th coldest
Rainfall
406 mm
27.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:58 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover
82%
12th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
3.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

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 Alto Alegre reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Alto Alegre

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.

Alto Alegre weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 24°588.611.94.0
Feb33° / 24°517.511.93.7
Mar33° / 24°8410123.4
Apr32° / 24°24019.112.13.1
May30° / 23°40627.512.13.0
Jun29° / 22°3722812.23.1
Jul29° / 22°30028.712.23.1
Aug30° / 23°20125.312.13.2
Sep32° / 23°11818.3123.4
Oct32° / 23°1041511.93.4
Nov32° / 23°12816.611.93.3
Dec32° / 24°9813.511.83.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
31783
41684
51684
61585
71585
81486
91486
101486
111387
121486
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Alto Alegre gets around 406 mm of rain over 27.5 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 88% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
179
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482
583
684
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 81% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:006:06
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512.15:596:06
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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 3.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.73 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 3.92 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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104.0Bright
114.0Moderate
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133.9Moderate
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273.8Moderate
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303.8Moderate
313.8Moderate
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Alto Alegre

In seasonPeak

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

Alto Alegre's monsoon runs April–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Alto Alegre?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Alto Alegre.

What to pack for Alto Alegre in May

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

In May, Alto Alegre sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Alto Alegre in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alto Alegre peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 18 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 21UV 14Nov 18UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Alto Alegre 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 Alto Alegre is worst in March — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 12 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2124 µg/m³Dec 1112 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr22Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Alto Alegre?

Alto Alegre sits at 2.9°N, 61.5°W, 83 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Mucajaí, 83 km away.

Rorainópolis

Topography around Alto Alegre

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alto Alegre has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 93 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,411 m.

The land around Alto Alegre is covered by trees (70%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (69%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
61 m
16 km
147 m
80 km
1,411 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Mucajaí 83 km · Boa Vista 92 km · Cantá 105 km · Caracaraí 127 km · Pacaraima 175 km · Santa Elena de Uairén 195 km · Lethem 196 km · Rorainópolis 248 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 Alto Alegre (2.8958°, -61.4975°, elevation 83 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).