Codó weather in May

In May, Codó sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 121 mm of rain across 16.9 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-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 20% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

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

Daytime high
31°
9th warmest
Overnight low
23°
7th coldest
Rainfall
121 mm
16.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:58 AM – 5:46 PM
Cloud cover
65%
7th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Codó 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 Codó 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 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with 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 Codó

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.

Codó weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 23°22624.212.22.8
Feb31° / 23°24924.212.12.7
Mar31° / 23°31528.6122.6
Apr31° / 23°26426.411.92.8
May31° / 23°12116.911.83.7
Jun32° / 23°264.911.74.7
Jul32° / 22°112.211.84.7
Aug34° / 22°40.711.94.1
Sep35° / 23°61.2123.4
Oct35° / 24°162.512.13.1
Nov34° / 24°47712.23.1
Dec33° / 24°11213.712.33.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 56%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22773
32872
42971
53169
63169
73367
83466
93664
103664
113862
124060
134060
144258
154456
164456
174654
184654
194951
204951
215050
225248
235248
245446
255446
265644
275743
285842
295941
306040
316139

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Codó gets around 121 mm of rain over 16.9 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 54% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
175
273
372
470
568
666
764
862
960
1058
1156
1255
1354
1453
1552
1652
1751
1851
1951
2050
2150
2249
2349
2448
2547
2646
2744
2843
2941
3039
3137

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
103070
203070
303169
403268
503268
603367
703466
803664
903763
1003862
1103961
1204060
1304159
1404258
1504357
1604456
1704555
1804654
1904753
2004852
2114950
2215049
2315247
2415346
2515544
2625543
2725741
2835839
2936037
3046234
3146432

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 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:57 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 5:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:575:48
211.85:575:48
311.85:575:48
411.85:575:47
511.85:575:47
611.85:575:47
711.85:575:47
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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 4.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.39 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.68 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.4Bright
24.5Bright
34.5Bright
44.5Bright
54.5Bright
64.5Bright
74.5Bright
84.6Bright
94.6Bright
104.6Bright
114.7Bright
124.7Bright
134.7Bright
144.7Bright
154.7Bright
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304.9Bright
314.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Codó

In seasonPeak

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

Codó's monsoon runs January–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 Codó?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Codó.

What to pack for Codó in May

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

In May, Codó sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Codó 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 Codó peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 10 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 14UV 15Aug 10UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Codó 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 Codó is worst in October — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.0× the cleanest month (June, 9 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateOct 2134 µg/m³Jun 159 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar14Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul11Good
Aug13Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct35Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Codó?

Codó sits at 4.5°S, 43.9°W, 44 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Timbiras, 23 km away.

Topography around Codó

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Codó has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 57 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 231 m.

The land around Codó is covered by artificial surfaces (33%), trees (24%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (61%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
123 m
80 km
231 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Timbiras 23 km · Coroatá 45 km · Aldeias Altas 50 km · Peritoró 50 km · Alto Alegre do Maranhão 68 km · São João do Soter 74 km · Caxias 74 km · Pedreiras 79 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 Codó (-4.4553°, -43.8856°, elevation 44 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).