Boca do Acre weather in May

In May, Boca do Acre sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 117 mm of rain across 19.6 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-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 11% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Boca do Acre's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boca do Acre's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
11th warmest
Overnight low
22°
4th coldest
Rainfall
117 mm
19.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:38 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover
73%
5th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Boca do Acre 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Boca do Acre reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°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 on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Boca do Acre

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.

Boca do Acre weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°26827.912.52.8
Feb30° / 23°26525.612.32.8
Mar30° / 23°27428.512.12.7
Apr30° / 23°1982511.83.0
May30° / 22°11719.611.63.9
Jun30° / 22°4910.511.55.1
Jul30° / 21°336.311.55.6
Aug31° / 22°508.711.74.6
Sep32° / 23°9815.511.93.5
Oct32° / 23°16221.912.23.0
Nov31° / 23°21724.512.42.8
Dec30° / 23°26827.812.52.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 73%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Boca do Acre gets around 117 mm of rain over 19.6 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 63% and peaks near 73% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

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

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 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 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:36 AM to 6:41 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:13 PM.

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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 4.18 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.18 kWh/m² to a high of 5.53 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.18 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Boca do Acre

In seasonPeak

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

Boca do Acre's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec

Is May a good time to visit Boca do Acre?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Boca do Acre.

What to pack for Boca do Acre in May

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

In May, Boca do Acre sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Boca do Acre 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 Boca do Acre peaks around January 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 9 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateExtremeJan 21UV 15Sep 9UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug5Moderate
Sep5Moderate
Oct12Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Boca do Acre 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 Boca do Acre is worst in September — around 110 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 13.6× the cleanest month (June, 8 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateSep 12106 µg/m³Jun 108 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr11Good
May9Good
Jun8Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug87Unhealthy
Sep110Unhealthy
Oct28Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Boca do Acre?

Boca do Acre sits at 8.8°S, 67.4°W, 107 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Porto Acre, 94 km away.

Riberalta

Topography around Boca do Acre

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boca do Acre has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 118 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m.

The land around Boca do Acre is covered by trees (71%) within 3 km, trees (79%) within 16 km, and trees (88%) within 80 km.

3 km
76 m
16 km
92 m
80 km
140 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Porto Acre 94 km · Pauini 124 km · Rio Branco 143 km · Sena Madureira 144 km · Senador Guiomard 160 km · Plácido de Castro 178 km · Xapuri 244 km · Riberalta 291 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 Boca do Acre (-8.7522°, -67.3978°, elevation 107 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).