Brejo Santo weather in May

In May, Brejo Santo sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 41 mm of rain across 7.1 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-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 25% 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 Brejo Santo's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Brejo Santo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
10th warmest
Overnight low
21°
5th coldest
Rainfall
41 mm
7.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:42 AM – 5:22 PM
Cloud cover
60%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

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 Brejo Santo reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°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 about 1°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Brejo Santo

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.

Brejo Santo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 22°10612.512.43.8
Feb31° / 22°1201312.24.0
Mar31° / 22°13916.412.14.1
Apr30° / 22°8812.211.84.6
May30° / 21°417.111.75.5
Jun29° / 20°153.511.66.3
Jul29° / 19°82.511.66.5
Aug30° / 19°40.911.86.0
Sep33° / 20°30.4124.8
Oct34° / 22°91.512.23.9
Nov34° / 23°142.512.33.6
Dec33° / 23°355.112.43.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 50%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
34357
44357
54357
64456
74456
84555
94555
104753
114753
124852
134951
145050
155050
165149
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185248
195248
205347
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235446
245446
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265446
275446
285545
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305446
315545

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Brejo Santo gets around 41 mm of rain over 7.1 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 23% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
130
229
329
428
527
626
725
825
924
1023
1122
1222
1322
1422
1522
1622
1722
1822
1922
2022
2122
2222
2322
2421
2521
2620
2720
2819
2918
3017
3117

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 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 70% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12196613
22206612
32206612
42216611
52216611
62226610
72226610
82236510
93246310
10324649
11324649
12324649
13325639
14325648
15325648
16325648
17326638
18326638
19327637
20327637
21328627
22329626
23330616
24331615
25332605
26333595
27334594
28336574
29337564
30339553
31341533

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
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2612light breeze
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3113light breeze

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 5:41 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 5:25 PM to 5:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:415:25
211.75:415:25
311.75:415:25
411.75:415:24
511.75:415:24
611.75:415:24
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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 4.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.43 kWh/m² to a high of 6.93 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.77 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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254.6Bright
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274.6Bright
284.6Bright
294.6Bright
304.6Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Brejo Santo

In seasonPeak

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

Brejo Santo's rainy season runs January–April, 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 Brejo Santo?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Brejo Santo in May

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

In May, Brejo Santo sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Brejo Santo 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 Brejo Santo peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 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 13UV 15Jul 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Brejo Santo?

Brejo Santo sits at 7.5°S, 39.0°W, 386 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Porteiras, 15 km away.

Topography around Brejo Santo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Brejo Santo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m around an average of 400 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 633 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 769 m.

The land around Brejo Santo is covered by grassland (49%) within 3 km, grassland (45%), shrubs (24%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (60%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
122 m
16 km
633 m
80 km
769 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Porteiras 15 km · Milagres 21 km · Mauriti 26 km · Missão Velha 32 km · Jardim 34 km · Barbalha 40 km · Barro 42 km · Juazeiro do Norte 48 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 Brejo Santo (-7.4933°, -38.9872°, elevation 386 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).