Caririaçu weather in May

In May, Caririaçu sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 43 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 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Caririaçu's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Caririaçu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
10th warmest
Overnight low
22°
5th coldest
Rainfall
43 mm
7.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:43 AM – 5:24 PM
Cloud cover
56%
8th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Caririaçu 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 Caririaçu reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°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 Caririaçu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 25 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
25
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.

Caririaçu 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° / 23°12015.612.43.4
Feb31° / 23°12515.512.23.6
Mar31° / 22°17020123.6
Apr31° / 22°10515.211.84.1
May31° / 22°437.111.75.0
Jun30° / 21°152.911.65.7
Jul31° / 20°61.511.65.7
Aug32° / 20°30.411.85.1
Sep34° / 22°20.5124.1
Oct35° / 23°61.412.23.4
Nov35° / 24°142.312.33.2
Dec34° / 24°35612.43.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24753
34852
44852
54852
64951
74951
84951
95149
105149
115248
125248
135347
145446
155545
165446
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315941

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Caririaçu gets around 43 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 35% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
135
234
333
432
531
629
728
827
926
1025
1124
1223
1323
1423
1522
1622
1722
1822
1921
2021
2121
2220
2320
2419
2519
2618
2718
2817
2916
3015
3115

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 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 82% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1185536
2185734
3195733
4195931
51105930
61116028
71116127
81126225
91136224
101136422
111146421
121146520
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241226611
251236610
26124669
27125659
28226648
29228637
30229627
31231616

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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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 36 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 5:42 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 5:27 PM to 5:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:425:27
211.85:425:27
311.75:425:26
411.75:425:26
511.75:425:26
611.75:425:26
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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 4.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.97 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.9 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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304.7Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Caririaçu

In seasonPeak

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

Caririaçu'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 Caririaçu?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Caririaçu in May

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

In May, Caririaçu sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

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UV index in Caririaçu 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 Caririaçu 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
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Caririaçu?

Caririaçu sits at 7.0°S, 39.3°W, 712 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Juazeiro do Norte, 19 km away.

Topography around Caririaçu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Caririaçu has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 321 m around an average of 604 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 464 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 853 m.

The land around Caririaçu is covered by shrubs (40%), grassland (33%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, shrubs (56%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and shrubs (53%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
321 m
16 km
464 m
80 km
853 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Juazeiro do Norte 19 km · Crato 25 km · Missão Velha 28 km · Várzea Alegre 28 km · Barbalha 30 km · Farias Brito 34 km · Aurora 37 km · Nova Olinda 44 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 Caririaçu (-7.0422°, -39.2836°, elevation 712 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).