Chapada dos Guimarães weather in May

In May, Chapada dos Guimarães sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 31 mm of rain across 5.7 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-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 46% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Chapada dos Guimarães's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chapada dos Guimarães's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
11th warmest
Overnight low
20°
4th coldest
Rainfall
31 mm
5.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
7:01 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
49%
5th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Chapada dos Guimarães 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 Chapada dos Guimarães reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Chapada dos Guimarães

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 7 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
7
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.

Chapada dos Guimarães weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°26626.312.82.9
Feb30° / 23°23624.712.52.8
Mar31° / 23°22825.912.12.9
Apr31° / 22°11315.811.74.0
May30° / 20°315.711.35.6
Jun30° / 19°111.411.16.4
Jul30° / 18°60.811.26.5
Aug32° / 19°10211.55.0
Sep33° / 21°437.611.93.7
Oct32° / 23°13118.112.43.1
Nov31° / 23°17921.512.73.1
Dec31° / 23°22525.112.93.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26337
36337
46238
56238
66139
76139
86040
95941
105941
115842
125743
135743
145743
155842
165842
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195941
206040
216139
226238
236337
246337
256436
266535
276634
286733
296832
306931
317030

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Chapada dos Guimarães gets around 31 mm of rain over 5.7 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 19% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
126
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621
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1120
1220
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2019
2118
2218
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3012
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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 45% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 72% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
114939461
2151039441
3151140420
4151241410
5151342390
6251342370
7251443360
8251544340
9251544330
10251645320
11251745310
12251845300
13251845290
14251946280
15251946270
16252047260
17252047250
18262147240
19262148230
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23182348200
24182447190
25192547180
26192647170
27192746160
28192846150
291102945140
301103145130
311103244120

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:57 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:576:24
211.46:576:23
311.46:576:23
411.46:576:22
511.46:586:22
611.46:586:21
711.46:586:21
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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 4.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.48 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.65 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Chapada dos Guimarães

In seasonPeak

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

Chapada dos Guimarães's monsoon runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Chapada dos Guimarães?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Chapada dos Guimarães in May

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

In May, Chapada dos Guimarães sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Chapada dos Guimarães in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chapada dos Guimarães peaks around January 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 14 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 21UV 15Sep 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Chapada dos Guimarães 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 Chapada dos Guimarães is worst in September — around 67 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.6× the cleanest month (June, 7 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodSep 1561 µg/m³Jun 107 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb9Good
Mar8Good
Apr7Good
May7Good
Jun7Good
Jul8Good
Aug26Moderate
Sep67Unhealthy
Oct19Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Chapada dos Guimarães?

Chapada dos Guimarães sits at 15.5°S, 55.7°W, 827 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Cuiabá, 40 km away.

Topography around Chapada dos Guimarães

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chapada dos Guimarães has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 492 m around an average of 750 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 681 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 777 m.

The land around Chapada dos Guimarães is covered by trees (56%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (47%), grassland (27%) and shrubs (23%) within 16 km, and trees (41%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
492 m
16 km
681 m
80 km
777 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Cuiabá 40 km · Várzea Grande 46 km · Santo Antônio do Leverger 57 km · Campo Verde 63 km · Lucas 99 km · Rosário Oeste 101 km · Jaciara 101 km · Nobres 103 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 Chapada dos Guimarães (-15.4606°, -55.7497°, elevation 827 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).