Ceará-Mirim weather in May

In May, Ceará-Mirim sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 85 mm of rain across 15.4 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-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 39% 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 Ceará-Mirim's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ceará-Mirim's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
85 mm
15.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:26 AM – 5:10 PM
Cloud cover
53%
8th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Ceará-Mirim 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Ceará-Mirim reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Ceará-Mirim

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.

Ceará-Mirim weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 24°5114.512.34.2
Feb31° / 24°6415.512.23.9
Mar31° / 24°9920.4123.6
Apr30° / 24°11320.211.93.8
May30° / 23°8515.411.74.6
Jun29° / 22°7514.511.75.2
Jul28° / 22°6112.111.75.8
Aug29° / 22°217.111.86.3
Sep29° / 22°124.6126.2
Oct30° / 23°103.512.15.9
Nov30° / 24°124.712.35.5
Dec31° / 24°239.512.34.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% 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 39%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25149
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55446
65644
75743
85842
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105842
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ceará-Mirim gets around 85 mm of rain over 15.4 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 50% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11927
22917
32917
42917
52926
62926
72926
82926
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102926
112935
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Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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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 5:25 AM to 5:28 AM, and sunset from 5:13 PM to 5:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:255:13
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411.85:255:12
511.85:255:12
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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 4.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.51 kWh/m² to a high of 6.46 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.98 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ceará-Mirim

In seasonPeak

In May, Ceará-Mirim sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Ceará-Mirim's rainy season runs January–July, 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 Ceará-Mirim?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
6.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ceará-Mirim in May

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

In May, Ceará-Mirim sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Ceará-Mirim in May

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 29 km away) is warmest in March at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec28Warm

UV index in Ceará-Mirim 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 Ceará-Mirim peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 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 15UV 15Jul 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Ceará-Mirim?

Ceará-Mirim sits at 5.6°S, 35.4°W, 37 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Extremoz, 15 km away.

Topography around Ceará-Mirim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ceará-Mirim has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 35 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 529 m.

The land around Ceará-Mirim is covered by grassland (58%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and shrubs (31%) within 16 km, and shrubs (32%), water (32%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
129 m
80 km
529 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Extremoz 15 km · São Gonçalo do Amarante 21 km · Macaíba 26 km · Natal 30 km · Parnamirim 36 km · João Câmara 45 km · São Paulo do Potengi 47 km · Touros 49 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 Ceará-Mirim (-5.6344°, -35.4256°, elevation 37 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).