Chapadinha weather in May

In May, Chapadinha sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 175 mm of rain across 18.9 wet days and about 11.8 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 21% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Chapadinha's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chapadinha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
10th warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
175 mm
18.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:55 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover
65%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Chapadinha 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 Chapadinha reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°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 Chapadinha

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.

Chapadinha 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
Jan33° / 24°19921.412.22.6
Feb32° / 24°25122.812.12.7
Mar31° / 23°30127.5122.6
Apr31° / 23°31226.111.92.7
May31° / 23°17518.911.83.4
Jun32° / 23°428.211.84.5
Jul32° / 23°233.911.84.5
Aug34° / 23°40.711.93.8
Sep36° / 24°40.7122.9
Oct36° / 25°121.412.12.3
Nov36° / 25°294.112.22.3
Dec35° / 25°639.312.22.5

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 21% 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
32773
42773
52971
63070
73169
83367
93367
103565
113565
123862
133862
143961
154060
164258
174357
184456
194555
204654
214753
224852
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245149
255149
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275446
285644
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316040

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Chapadinha gets around 175 mm of rain over 18.9 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 61% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
179
277
376
475
574
672
771
869
968
1067
1166
1265
1364
1463
1562
1661
1760
1859
1958
2057
2156
2255
2354
2453
2551
2650
2749
2848
2946
3045
3143

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 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
106139
206139
306238
406238
506238
606337
706337
806337
906436
1006436
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1206436
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2106832
2206931
2307030
2407129
2507327
2607426
2707525
2817623
2917821
3017920
3118118

Wind in May

Winds average 7 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
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126calm
137calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 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 5:55 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 5:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.95:555:47
211.95:545:47
311.95:545:46
411.95:545:46
511.95:545:46
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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 4.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.56 kWh/m² to a high of 6.62 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.8 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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94.7Bright
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294.9Bright
305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Chapadinha

In seasonPeak

In May, Chapadinha sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Chapadinha's monsoon runs January–May, 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 Chapadinha?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chapadinha.

What to pack for Chapadinha in May

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

In May, Chapadinha sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Chapadinha 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 Chapadinha peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 15Jul 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Chapadinha 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 Chapadinha is worst in November — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (June, 9 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateGoodModerateNov 1921 µg/m³Jun 129 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar14Moderate
Apr12Moderate
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct16Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Chapadinha?

Chapadinha sits at 3.7°S, 43.4°W, 109 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Mata Roma, 31 km away.

Topography around Chapadinha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chapadinha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 92 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 155 m.

The land around Chapadinha is covered by trees (54%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
60 m
16 km
85 m
80 km
155 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Mata Roma 31 km · São Benedito do Rio Preto 49 km · Buriti 53 km · Urbano Santos 60 km · Vargem Grande 65 km · Brejo 68 km · Coelho Neto 69 km · Miguel Alves 70 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 Chapadinha (-3.7417°, -43.3603°, elevation 109 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).