Canaã dos Carajás weather in May

In May, Canaã dos Carajás sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 107 mm of rain across 16.6 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-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 21% 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 Canaã dos Carajás's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Canaã dos Carajás's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
6th warmest
Overnight low
22°
5th coldest
Rainfall
107 mm
16.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:25 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover
65%
6th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

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 Canaã dos Carajás reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°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 Canaã dos Carajás

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.

Canaã dos Carajás weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 22°26228.612.32.9
Feb29° / 22°25426.412.22.9
Mar30° / 22°25728.6122.9
Apr30° / 22°19725.311.93.1
May31° / 22°10716.611.74.0
Jun32° / 22°173.711.65.0
Jul33° / 22°61.311.74.7
Aug34° / 22°61.211.84.1
Sep33° / 23°275.1124.0
Oct32° / 23°8513.412.13.8
Nov30° / 23°16120.512.33.4
Dec30° / 22°20425.212.43.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22674
32872
42872
52971
63070
73268
83367
93565
103664
113763
123961
134159
144159
154258
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265149
275248
285446
295644
305743
315941

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Canaã dos Carajás gets around 107 mm of rain over 16.6 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 53% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
172
271
370
469
567
666
764
863
961
1060
1158
1257
1356
1455
1554
1653
1752
1851
1950
2049
2148
2247
2345
2444
2542
2641
2739
2837
2936
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 91% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11936
21936
31936
41936
51936
61936
71936
81936
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101936
111936
121936
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182944
192944
203934
214933
225923
236922
247912
259892
2610891
2712871
2813861
2915841
3017821
3119810

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 6 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 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 6:23 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:236:10
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411.86:236:09
511.86:246:09
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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 4.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.46 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.7 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Canaã dos Carajás

In seasonPeak

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

Canaã dos Carajás's monsoon runs November–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 Canaã dos Carajás?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Canaã dos Carajás for sightseeing.

What to pack for Canaã dos Carajás in May

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

In May, Canaã dos Carajás sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Canaã dos Carajás 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 Canaã dos Carajás peaks around March 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Canaã dos Carajás 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 Canaã dos Carajás is worst in September — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 7.9× the cleanest month (July, 6 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateSep 1843 µg/m³Jul 106 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb12Good
Mar12Good
Apr12Good
May9Good
Jun6Good
Jul6Good
Aug17Moderate
Sep46Poor
Oct28Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Canaã dos Carajás?

Canaã dos Carajás sits at 6.5°S, 49.9°W, 282 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Parauapebas, 51 km away.

Topography around Canaã dos Carajás

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Canaã dos Carajás has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m around an average of 285 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 548 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 836 m.

The land around Canaã dos Carajás is covered by grassland (51%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 3 km, grassland (76%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (61%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
174 m
16 km
548 m
80 km
836 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Parauapebas 51 km · Curionópolis 55 km · Xinguara 65 km · Eldorado dos Carajás 72 km · Água Azul do Norte 74 km · Rio Maria 90 km · Floresta do Araguaia 116 km · Ourilândia do Norte 138 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 Canaã dos Carajás (-6.5239°, -49.8517°, elevation 282 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).