Araripina weather in May

In May, Araripina sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 37 mm of rain across 5.1 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-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 26% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Araripina's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Araripina's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
10th warmest
Overnight low
20°
5th coldest
Rainfall
37 mm
5.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:49 AM – 5:28 PM
Cloud cover
58%
7th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.91 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Araripina 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 Araripina reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°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)
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42920
52920
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How May really feels in Araripina

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Araripina weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°16216.512.44.3
Feb29° / 21°17016.212.24.4
Mar29° / 21°19117.512.14.5
Apr29° / 20°9610.811.85.3
May28° / 20°375.111.76.4
Jun28° / 19°61.411.67.8
Jul28° / 18°40.511.68.0
Aug29° / 18°10.411.87.1
Sep31° / 19°10.2125.8
Oct32° / 21°111.612.24.7
Nov32° / 22°344.612.34.4
Dec31° / 22°537.912.44.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
34456
44456
54555
64555
74654
84753
94753
104753
114852
124951
134951
145050
155050
165248
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195347
205446
215446
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316040

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Araripina gets around 37 mm of rain over 5.1 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 16% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
124
223
322
422
521
620
720
819
918
1018
1117
1216
1316
1416
1515
1615
1715
1815
1915
2015
2115
2214
2314
2414
2513
2613
2712
2812
2911
3010
319

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 47% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 48% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1533611
2534601
3634591
4635581
5635581
6636571
7637561
8638551
9638551
10639541
11740521
12741511
13642511
14643510
15644490
16645480
17646470
18646470
19647460
20648450
21649440
22651430
23652420
24653410
25654400
26656380
27756370
28758350
29858340
30860320
31961300

Wind in May

Winds average 16 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
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515light breeze
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716light breeze
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916light breeze
1016light breeze
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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 5:47 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 5:31 PM to 5:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:475:31
211.75:475:31
311.75:475:31
411.75:475:30
511.75:475:30
611.75:475:30
711.75:475:30
811.75:485:29
911.75:485:29
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1311.75:485:28
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2011.65:495:27
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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 4.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.78 kWh/m² to a high of 6.92 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.91 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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154.9Bright
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304.8Bright
314.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Araripina

In seasonPeak

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

Araripina's monsoon runs January–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 Araripina?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Araripina for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Araripina in May

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

In May, Araripina sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Araripina 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 Araripina peaks around March 10 at about 16 (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 10UV 16Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Araripina?

Araripina sits at 7.6°S, 40.5°W, 624 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Salitre, 33 km away.

Topography around Araripina

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Araripina has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m around an average of 630 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 324 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 703 m.

The land around Araripina is covered by shrubs (41%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, shrubs (50%), grassland (27%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (71%) within 80 km.

3 km
139 m
16 km
324 m
80 km
703 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Salitre 33 km · Trindade 33 km · Ipubi 39 km · Araripe 57 km · Ouricuri 57 km · Campos Sales 57 km · Ipueiras 61 km · Bodocó 65 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 Araripina (-7.5761°, -40.4983°, elevation 624 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).