Bom Jesus do Tocantins weather in May

In May, Bom Jesus do Tocantins sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 117 mm of rain across 16.5 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-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 16% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bom Jesus do Tocantins's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bom Jesus do Tocantins's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
7th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
117 mm
16.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:18 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
68%
6th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Bom Jesus do Tocantins 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 Bom Jesus do Tocantins reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°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 about 1°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Bom Jesus do Tocantins

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.

Bom Jesus do Tocantins weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°28728.412.32.7
Feb30° / 23°28425.812.22.7
Mar30° / 23°32129.1122.6
Apr31° / 23°21625.711.92.8
May31° / 23°11716.511.83.6
Jun33° / 23°224.411.74.3
Jul34° / 23°12211.74.0
Aug35° / 23°61.311.83.4
Sep34° / 24°213.8123.4
Oct33° / 24°6610.712.13.3
Nov32° / 24°14317.412.23.2
Dec31° / 23°20623.512.33.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
21981
32080
42179
52377
62476
72575
82674
92872
103070
113070
123268
133367
143565
153664
163961
174159
184159
194357
204456
214654
224654
234753
244951
255050
265248
275347
285446
295545
305743
315842

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bom Jesus do Tocantins gets around 117 mm of rain over 16.5 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 53% and peaks near 73% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
173
271
370
468
567
665
763
861
959
1058
1156
1255
1354
1453
1553
1652
1752
1851
1950
2050
2149
2248
2346
2445
2544
2642
2740
2839
2937
3034
3132

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 86% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
108416
208416
308416
408416
508416
608416
708416
808515
908515
1008515
1108515
1208515
1308614
1408614
1508614
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1718613
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1918811
2028711
2128810
222899
233889
244888
255887
266877
277876
288875
299865
3011854
3113834

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 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
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66calm
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86calm
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116calm
126calm
136calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 42 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 6:17 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:176:06
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411.86:176:06
511.86:176:05
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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 4.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.43 kWh/m² to a high of 6.28 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bom Jesus do Tocantins

In seasonPeak

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

Bom Jesus do Tocantins's monsoon runs December–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 Bom Jesus do Tocantins?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bom Jesus do Tocantins.

What to pack for Bom Jesus do Tocantins in May

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

In May, Bom Jesus do Tocantins sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bom Jesus do Tocantins 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 Bom Jesus do Tocantins peaks around March 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 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 11UV 15Jul 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Bom Jesus do Tocantins 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 Bom Jesus do Tocantins is worst in October — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.5× the cleanest month (July, 8 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateOct 1534 µg/m³Jul 108 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar12Moderate
Apr12Good
May10Good
Jun8Good
Jul8Good
Aug18Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct34Moderate
Nov29Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bom Jesus do Tocantins?

Bom Jesus do Tocantins sits at 5.1°S, 48.6°W, 173 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is São Domingos do Araguaia, 56 km away.

Topography around Bom Jesus do Tocantins

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bom Jesus do Tocantins.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bom Jesus do Tocantins has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 165 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 318 m.

The land around Bom Jesus do Tocantins is covered by grassland (85%) within 3 km, grassland (70%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and trees (45%) within 80 km.

3 km
47 m
16 km
247 m
80 km
318 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: São Domingos do Araguaia 56 km · Rondon do Pará 67 km · Marabá 69 km · Itupiranga 80 km · Araguatins 86 km · Jacundá 88 km · Açailândia 123 km · Imperatriz 135 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 Bom Jesus do Tocantins (-5.0514°, -48.6089°, elevation 173 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).