Araçoiaba weather in May

In May, Araçoiaba sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 102 mm of rain across 21.5 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-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 29% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Araçoiaba's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Araçoiaba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
7th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
102 mm
21.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
5:27 AM – 5:06 PM
Cloud cover
57%
10th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Araçoiaba 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 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Araçoiaba reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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22924
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How May really feels in Araçoiaba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 7 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
7
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.

Araçoiaba weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 24°5617.312.44.5
Feb30° / 24°6516.212.34.3
Mar30° / 24°8219.912.14.1
Apr29° / 24°10020.411.84.1
May28° / 23°10221.511.64.5
Jun27° / 23°11021.311.64.8
Jul27° / 22°10021.411.65.1
Aug27° / 22°581711.75.7
Sep27° / 22°3513.5126.1
Oct28° / 23°2510.812.25.9
Nov29° / 24°2410.312.45.6
Dec29° / 24°321212.45.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25248
35248
45248
55248
65347
75446
85545
95545
105743
115743
125743
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Araçoiaba gets around 102 mm of rain over 21.5 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 69% and peaks near 70% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
168
268
368
468
568
668
768
868
968
1068
1168
1268
1368
1468
1568
1669
1769
1869
1969
2070
2170
2270
2370
2470
2570
2670
2770
2870
2970
3070
3170

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 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
108812
208812
308911
408911
508911
609010
709010
809010
90919
100919
110928
120928
130928
140937
150937
160946
170946
180946
190955
200955
210955
220964
231954
241954
251954
261963
271963
281972
292962
302962
312962

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
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811calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 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 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:26 AM to 5:30 AM, and sunset from 5:09 PM to 5:05 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:265:09
211.75:265:09
311.75:265:09
411.75:265:09
511.75:265:08
611.75:265:08
711.75:265:08
811.75:265:07
911.75:265:07
1011.75:265:07
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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 4.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.12 kWh/m² to a high of 6.06 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.51 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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34.7Bright
44.7Bright
54.7Bright
64.7Bright
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84.7Bright
94.6Bright
104.6Bright
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214.4Bright
224.4Bright
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244.4Bright
254.4Bright
264.3Bright
274.3Bright
284.3Bright
294.3Bright
304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Araçoiaba

In seasonPeak

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

Araçoiaba's rainy season runs January–August, 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 Araçoiaba?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Araçoiaba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Araçoiaba in May

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

In May, Araçoiaba sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Araçoiaba in May

The nearest coast averages about 28°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 44 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

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

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec28Warm

UV index in Araçoiaba 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 Araçoiaba 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 12UV 15Jul 15UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Araçoiaba?

Araçoiaba sits at 7.8°S, 35.1°W, 166 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Itaquitinga, 14 km away.

Topography around Araçoiaba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Araçoiaba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 130 m around an average of 137 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 251 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 829 m.

The land around Araçoiaba is covered by trees (53%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, grassland (42%), trees (36%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
130 m
16 km
251 m
80 km
829 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
May weather nearby: Itaquitinga 14 km · Paudalho 15 km · Nazaré da Mata 16 km · Carpina 19 km · Igarassu 21 km · Itapissuma 22 km · Condado 23 km · Abreu e Lima 25 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 Araçoiaba (-7.7903°, -35.0908°, elevation 166 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).