Amontada weather in May

In May, Amontada sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 109 mm of rain across 16.4 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Amontada's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Amontada's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
10th warmest
Overnight low
24°
5th coldest
Rainfall
109 mm
16.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:40 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover
60%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Amontada 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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Amontada reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13024
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How May really feels in Amontada

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.

Amontada weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 25°10316.912.23.5
Feb31° / 24°14720.612.13.3
Mar30° / 24°22125.6123.1
Apr30° / 24°25624.911.93.1
May31° / 24°10916.411.84.0
Jun31° / 24°336.911.84.9
Jul32° / 24°142.711.85.0
Aug33° / 24°30.611.94.7
Sep33° / 24°20.2124.6
Oct33° / 25°30.512.14.5
Nov33° / 25°51.112.24.4
Dec33° / 25°225.612.24.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23466
33565
43664
53961
64060
74258
84357
94456
104456
114555
124654
134753
144852
154951
164951
175149
185248
195248
205347
215446
225545
235644
245743
255941
266040
276139
286139
296337
306436
316535

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Amontada gets around 109 mm of rain over 16.4 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 53% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
172
270
369
467
565
663
761
860
958
1056
1155
1253
1352
1451
1550
1649
1749
1849
1948
2048
2148
2247
2347
2446
2545
2645
2744
2843
2942
3040
3139

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 85% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
108020
208020
308020
408020
508020
608119
708119
808119
908119
1008218
1108218
1208218
1308317
1408317
1508416
1608416
1708515
1808614
1908614
2008713
2108713
2208812
2308911
2409010
2518910
261909
271918
281927
292926
302935
313925

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
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410calm
510calm
610calm
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3012light breeze
3112light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:40 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 5:33 PM to 5:31 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.95:405:33
211.95:405:33
311.95:405:33
411.95:405:32
511.95:405:32
611.95:405:32
711.95:405:32
811.95:405:32
911.95:405:32
1011.95:405:32
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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 4.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.71 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.98 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
24.8Bright
34.8Bright
44.8Bright
54.8Bright
64.8Bright
74.9Bright
84.9Bright
94.9Bright
104.9Bright
114.9Bright
125.0Bright
135.0Bright
145.0Bright
155.0Bright
165.0Bright
175.0Bright
185.0Bright
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205.0Bright
215.0Bright
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255.0Bright
265.0Bright
275.0Bright
285.1Bright
295.1Bright
305.1Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Amontada

In seasonPeak

None of Amontada's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Amontada's monsoon runs February–April, 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 Amontada?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Amontada for sightseeing.

What to pack for Amontada in May

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

In May, Amontada sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Amontada in May

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 54 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Tropical
Jul27Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Amontada 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 Amontada peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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 16UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Amontada?

Amontada sits at 3.4°S, 39.8°W, 37 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Itapipoca, 32 km away.

Topography around Amontada

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Amontada has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,065 m.

The land around Amontada is covered by grassland (54%) and shrubs (39%) within 3 km, shrubs (55%) and grassland (38%) within 16 km, and shrubs (38%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
49 m
16 km
82 m
80 km
1,065 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Itapipoca 32 km · Morrinhos 36 km · Irauçuba 43 km · Santana do Acaraú 44 km · Marco 44 km · Itapagé 45 km · Uruburetama 46 km · Itarema 50 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 Amontada (-3.3617°, -39.8317°, elevation 37 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).