Barra do Garças weather in May

In May, Barra do Garças sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 13 mm of rain across 2.6 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-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 57% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of May to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Barra do Garças's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Barra do Garças's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
5th warmest
Overnight low
20°
4th coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
2.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
6:47 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
40%
5th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Barra do Garças 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 Barra do Garças reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°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)
13221
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43221
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93220
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113220
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133120
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313119

How May really feels in Barra do Garças

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 13 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
13
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.

Barra do Garças weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°29624.412.83.1
Feb31° / 22°2302212.53.1
Mar31° / 22°19022.612.13.2
Apr31° / 22°7011.611.74.1
May31° / 20°132.611.35.2
Jun31° / 18°30.611.15.7
Jul32° / 18°10.311.25.6
Aug34° / 19°40.611.54.2
Sep35° / 22°305.411.93.0
Oct34° / 23°9915.512.42.7
Nov31° / 22°20822.712.72.9
Dec30° / 22°29125.312.93.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17525
27525
37525
47426
57426
67327
77228
87228
97030
107030
116931
126931
136931
146931
156931
166931
176931
187030
197030
207228
217327
227327
237426
247624
257723
267723
277822
287822
297921
307921
318020

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Barra do Garças gets around 13 mm of rain over 2.6 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 9% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
113
212
311
411
510
610
710
89
99
109
119
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149
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296
305
315

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 43% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
118274419
219284417
3210304315
4211314314
5211324212
6212334211
7312344110
831334419
931335409
1031436408
1131436398
1231437388
1331437388
1441437377
1541537377
1651537377
1751537366
1851537366
1961637366
2061637355
2161737355
2271737344
2371838334
2471938333
2572039323
2682039302
2782140292
2882240282
2982341271
3072441261
3172642241

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
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206calm
216calm
226calm
236calm
246calm
256calm
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276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of May to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:43 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 6:00 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:436:09
211.46:436:09
311.46:446:08
411.46:446:08
511.46:446:07
611.46:446:07
711.46:456:06
811.46:456:06
911.36:456:06
1011.36:466:05
1111.36:466:05
1211.36:466:04
1311.36:466:04
1411.36:476:04
1511.36:476:03
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1711.36:486:03
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1911.26:486:02
2011.26:496:02
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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 4.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.56 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.9 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
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45.2Bright
55.1Bright
65.1Bright
75.1Bright
85.1Bright
95.0Bright
105.0Bright
115.0Bright
125.0Bright
134.9Bright
144.9Bright
154.9Bright
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174.8Bright
184.8Bright
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244.7Bright
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274.7Bright
284.7Bright
294.7Bright
304.7Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Barra do Garças

In seasonPeak

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

Barra do Garças's monsoon runs November–March, 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 Barra do Garças?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Barra do Garças in May

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

In May, Barra do Garças sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Barra do Garças in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Barra do Garças peaks around January 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 22UV 15Jun 22UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Barra do Garças 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 Barra do Garças is worst in September — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 8.1× the cleanest month (July, 4 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1731 µg/m³Jul 114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar9Good
Apr8Good
May6Good
Jun6Good
Jul4Good
Aug12Moderate
Sep34Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Barra do Garças?

Barra do Garças sits at 15.9°S, 52.3°W, 302 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Aragarças, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Barra do Garças

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Barra do Garças has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 378 m around an average of 358 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 487 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 753 m.

The land around Barra do Garças is covered by trees (41%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, trees (41%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
378 m
16 km
487 m
80 km
753 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Aragarças 1.0 km · Caiapônia 128 km · Iporá 136 km · Nova Xavantina 137 km · Jussara 149 km · Campinápolis 161 km · Alto Araguaia 188 km · Mineiros 189 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 Barra do Garças (-15.89°, -52.2567°, elevation 302 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).