Colinas weather in May

In May, Colinas sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 71 mm of rain across 10.3 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-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 26% 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 Colinas's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Colinas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
8th warmest
Overnight low
22°
7th coldest
Rainfall
71 mm
10.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:01 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover
60%
6th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.82 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Colinas 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 Colinas 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 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C warmer than April and about 1°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Colinas

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.

Colinas weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°22625.112.33.0
Feb30° / 22°21624.112.22.9
Mar30° / 22°23227.1122.9
Apr31° / 22°16921.211.93.3
May31° / 22°7110.311.74.2
Jun32° / 22°81.611.74.8
Jul33° / 22°50.611.74.6
Aug34° / 22°10.111.83.9
Sep35° / 23°91.5123.0
Oct35° / 23°314.712.13.0
Nov33° / 23°8411.812.33.2
Dec32° / 23°13217.212.33.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23664
33763
43862
53961
64060
74159
84258
94357
104654
114753
124753
134951
145050
155149
165149
175248
185347
195446
205545
215644
225743
235842
245941
256040
266238
276337
286337
296436
306535
316634

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Colinas gets around 71 mm of rain over 10.3 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 33% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
151
250
348
447
545
643
742
840
938
1037
1135
1234
1333
1432
1531
1631
1730
1830
1930
2029
2128
2228
2327
2426
2525
2624
2723
2822
2921
3019
3117

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 71% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
106859
206859
307858
408848
509838
6010837
7012817
8013816
9014806
10015796
11016795
12017785
13018775
14019765
15020755
16021745
17122725
18123715
19124714
20225694
21226684
22227683
23329653
24330643
25332623
26434602
27436582
28538552
29640522
30742501
31744471

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 8 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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66calm
76calm
86calm
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116calm
126calm
136calm
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167calm
177calm
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267calm
277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

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 6:00 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 5:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:005:48
211.86:005:48
311.86:005:47
411.86:015:47
511.86:015:47
611.86:015:47
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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 4.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.45 kWh/m² to a high of 6.47 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.82 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
24.7Bright
34.7Bright
44.7Bright
54.7Bright
64.7Bright
74.8Bright
84.8Bright
94.8Bright
104.8Bright
114.8Bright
124.8Bright
134.8Bright
144.8Bright
154.8Bright
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264.9Bright
274.9Bright
284.9Bright
295.0Bright
305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Colinas

In seasonPeak

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

Colinas's monsoon runs December–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 Colinas?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Colinas in May

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

In May, Colinas sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Colinas 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 Colinas peaks around March 11 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 11UV 15Jul 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Colinas 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 Colinas is worst in October — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 8.4× the cleanest month (June, 6 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModeratePoorModerateOct 953 µg/m³Jun 167 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar12Good
Apr11Good
May8Good
Jun6Good
Jul8Good
Aug25Moderate
Sep53Poor
Oct53Poor
Nov23Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Colinas?

Colinas sits at 6.0°S, 44.2°W, 142 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Fortuna, 34 km away.

Topography around Colinas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Colinas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 167 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 319 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 418 m.

The land around Colinas is covered by trees (69%) within 3 km, trees (85%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
96 m
16 km
319 m
80 km
418 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Fortuna 34 km · Mirador 40 km · Buriti Bravo 51 km · São Domingos do Maranhão 52 km · Paraibano 54 km · Passagem Franca 54 km · Pastos Bons 67 km · São João dos Patos 80 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 Colinas (-6.0258°, -44.2492°, elevation 142 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).