Cafarnaum weather in May

In May, Cafarnaum sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Cafarnaum's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cafarnaum's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 11 mm; 2.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 5:58 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 6th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

Cafarnaum is settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical May day in Cafarnaum reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	19
2	28	19
3	28	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
18	27	18
19	27	18
20	27	18
21	27	18
22	27	18
23	27	18
24	27	18
25	27	18
26	27	18
27	27	18
28	27	18
29	27	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

Cafarnaum weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 19°	90	8.7	12.6	5.6
Feb	29° / 19°	49	7.3	12.4	5.5
Mar	29° / 20°	70	8.1	12.1	5.6
Apr	28° / 19°	31	5.5	11.7	6.5
May	27° / 18°	11	2.5	11.5	7.5
Jun	26° / 17°	6	1.8	11.3	8.0
Jul	25° / 16°	5	1.4	11.4	8.2
Aug	26° / 16°	4	1.2	11.6	8.2
Sep	28° / 17°	4	1	11.9	7.6
Oct	30° / 18°	21	2.6	12.3	6.2
Nov	29° / 19°	73	8.1	12.5	5.6
Dec	29° / 19°	82	8.1	12.7	5.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	48	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	48	48	49	49	49	50	51	51	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	53
Cloudier (%)	52	53	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	52	52	51	51	51	50	49	49	48	47	47	47	47	47	47	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	47	53
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	53	47

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Cafarnaum gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.5 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 9% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	12
2	12
3	12
4	11
5	11
6	10
7	10
8	10
9	9
10	9
11	9
12	9
13	9
14	9
15	9
16	9
17	9
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	8
23	7
24	7
25	7
26	7
27	7
28	6
29	6
30	6
31	6

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 69% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 13% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Comfortable (%)	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	24	24
Humid (%)	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	69	70	69	69	69	67	68	67	67	67	68	67	68	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	71
Muggy (%)	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	7	7	6	5	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	8	71	21
2	0	9	71	20
3	0	9	71	20
4	0	10	71	19
5	0	10	71	19
6	0	11	71	18
7	0	11	71	18
8	0	12	71	17
9	0	13	70	17
10	0	14	69	17
11	0	14	70	16
12	0	15	69	16
13	0	16	69	15
14	0	16	69	15
15	1	17	67	15
16	1	17	68	14
17	1	18	67	14
18	1	19	67	13
19	1	19	67	13
20	1	19	68	12
21	1	20	67	12
22	1	20	68	11
23	1	20	69	10
24	1	20	69	10
25	1	21	69	9
26	1	21	70	8
27	1	22	70	7
28	1	22	70	7
29	1	23	70	6
30	1	24	70	5
31	1	24	71	4

Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 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 5:55 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 5:31 PM to 5:24 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02
Sunset (PM)	5:31	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	5:55	5:31
2	11.6	5:55	5:30
3	11.6	5:56	5:30
4	11.6	5:56	5:30
5	11.6	5:56	5:29
6	11.5	5:56	5:29
7	11.5	5:56	5:29
8	11.5	5:57	5:28
9	11.5	5:57	5:28
10	11.5	5:57	5:28
11	11.5	5:57	5:27
12	11.5	5:57	5:27
13	11.5	5:58	5:27
14	11.5	5:58	5:26
15	11.5	5:58	5:26
16	11.5	5:58	5:26
17	11.5	5:58	5:26
18	11.4	5:59	5:26
19	11.4	5:59	5:25
20	11.4	5:59	5:25
21	11.4	5:59	5:25
22	11.4	6:00	5:25
23	11.4	6:00	5:25
24	11.4	6:00	5:25
25	11.4	6:00	5:25
26	11.4	6:01	5:25
27	11.4	6:01	5:25
28	11.4	6:01	5:24
29	11.4	6:02	5:24
30	11.4	6:02	5:24
31	11.4	6:02	5:24

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.99 kWh/m² to a high of 6.52 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.4 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Cafarnaum?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

7.6

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Cafarnaum for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Cafarnaum in May

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

In May, Cafarnaum sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Cafarnaum in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cafarnaum peaks around February 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	15	13	10	9	9	11	12	13	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Cafarnaum?

Cafarnaum sits at 11.7°S, 41.5°W, 763 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is América Dourada, 27 km away.

Topography around Cafarnaum

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cafarnaum has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 768 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 422 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 994 m.

The land around Cafarnaum is covered by cropland (49%) and shrubs (27%) within 3 km, shrubs (49%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and shrubs (50%) within 80 km.

3 km

78 m

cropland 49%

16 km

422 m

shrubs 49%

80 km

994 m

shrubs 50%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← April Cafarnaum year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: América Dourada 27 km · Canarana 33 km · Morro do Chapéu 37 km · Bonito 38 km · João Dourado 44 km · Souto Soares 48 km · Lapão 53 km · Ibititá 58 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

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 Cafarnaum (-11.6936°, -41.4683°, elevation 763 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	19
2	28	19
3	28	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
18	27	18
19	27	18
20	27	18
21	27	18
22	27	18
23	27	18
24	27	18
25	27	18
26	27	18
27	27	18
28	27	18
29	27	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	47	53
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	12
2	12
3	12
4	11
5	11
6	10
7	10
8	10
9	9
10	9
11	9
12	9
13	9
14	9
15	9
16	9
17	9
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	8
23	7
24	7
25	7
26	7
27	7
28	6
29	6
30	6
31	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	8	71	21
2	0	9	71	20
3	0	9	71	20
4	0	10	71	19
5	0	10	71	19
6	0	11	71	18
7	0	11	71	18
8	0	12	71	17
9	0	13	70	17
10	0	14	69	17
11	0	14	70	16
12	0	15	69	16
13	0	16	69	15
14	0	16	69	15
15	1	17	67	15
16	1	17	68	14
17	1	18	67	14
18	1	19	67	13
19	1	19	67	13
20	1	19	68	12
21	1	20	67	12
22	1	20	68	11
23	1	20	69	10
24	1	20	69	10
25	1	21	69	9
26	1	21	70	8
27	1	22	70	7
28	1	22	70	7
29	1	23	70	6
30	1	24	70	5
31	1	24	71	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	19
2	28	19
3	28	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
18	27	18
19	27	18
20	27	18
21	27	18
22	27	18
23	27	18
24	27	18
25	27	18
26	27	18
27	27	18
28	27	18
29	27	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	47	53
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	12
2	12
3	12
4	11
5	11
6	10
7	10
8	10
9	9
10	9
11	9
12	9
13	9
14	9
15	9
16	9
17	9
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	8
23	7
24	7
25	7
26	7
27	7
28	6
29	6
30	6
31	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	8	71	21
2	0	9	71	20
3	0	9	71	20
4	0	10	71	19
5	0	10	71	19
6	0	11	71	18
7	0	11	71	18
8	0	12	71	17
9	0	13	70	17
10	0	14	69	17
11	0	14	70	16
12	0	15	69	16
13	0	16	69	15
14	0	16	69	15
15	1	17	67	15
16	1	17	68	14
17	1	18	67	14
18	1	19	67	13
19	1	19	67	13
20	1	19	68	12
21	1	20	67	12
22	1	20	68	11
23	1	20	69	10
24	1	20	69	10
25	1	21	69	9
26	1	21	70	8
27	1	22	70	7
28	1	22	70	7
29	1	23	70	6
30	1	24	70	5
31	1	24	71	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	19
2	28	19
3	28	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
18	27	18
19	27	18
20	27	18
21	27	18
22	27	18
23	27	18
24	27	18
25	27	18
26	27	18
27	27	18
28	27	18
29	27	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	47	53
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	12
2	12
3	12
4	11
5	11
6	10
7	10
8	10
9	9
10	9
11	9
12	9
13	9
14	9
15	9
16	9
17	9
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	8
23	7
24	7
25	7
26	7
27	7
28	6
29	6
30	6
31	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	8	71	21
2	0	9	71	20
3	0	9	71	20
4	0	10	71	19
5	0	10	71	19
6	0	11	71	18
7	0	11	71	18
8	0	12	71	17
9	0	13	70	17
10	0	14	69	17
11	0	14	70	16
12	0	15	69	16
13	0	16	69	15
14	0	16	69	15
15	1	17	67	15
16	1	17	68	14
17	1	18	67	14
18	1	19	67	13
19	1	19	67	13
20	1	19	68	12
21	1	20	67	12
22	1	20	68	11
23	1	20	69	10
24	1	20	69	10
25	1	21	69	9
26	1	21	70	8
27	1	22	70	7
28	1	22	70	7
29	1	23	70	6
30	1	24	70	5
31	1	24	71	4