Corinto weather in May

In May, Corinto sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 18 mm of rain across 3 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of May to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Corinto's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Corinto's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
10th warmest
Overnight low
17°
4th coldest
Rainfall
18 mm
3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 06 min
7:20 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
43%
5th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.1
out of 10

Corinto is 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 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Corinto reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Corinto weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°17615.9134.2
Feb31° / 21°10610.612.64.4
Mar30° / 21°11913.212.14.5
Apr30° / 20°446.911.65.6
May28° / 17°18311.17.1
Jun28° / 16°50.910.98.2
Jul28° / 15°20.3118.2
Aug29° / 16°40.911.46.9
Sep31° / 18°274.511.95.2
Oct32° / 20°778.912.44.3
Nov30° / 21°18516.312.94.1
Dec30° / 21°24218.713.14.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17525
27525
37426
47426
57327
67129
77030
86931
96832
106733
116634
126634
136535
146535
156535
166535
176535
186634
196634
206733
216832
226931
237030
247129
257228
267327
277426
287525
297525
307723
317723

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Corinto gets around 18 mm of rain over 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 10% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
110
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510
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710
810
910
1011
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1311
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1511
1611
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1811
1911
2011
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259
269
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288
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317

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 43% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15274920
26284918
36294817
47304815
57314814
68324713
78334712
88344711
98354611
108354611
118364610
128364510
139374510
149374410
159374410
169384410
17938439
181038439
191039429
201039429
211040419
221140418
231141408
241242407
251242396
261343396
271444385
281444374
291545374
301546363
311647353

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 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
196calm
206calm
216calm
226calm
236calm
246calm
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276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of May to 11 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:15 AM to 7:26 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.37:156:35
211.37:156:35
311.37:156:34
411.37:166:34
511.37:166:33
611.37:166:33
711.37:176:32
811.27:176:32
911.27:176:31
1011.27:186:31
1111.27:186:30
1211.27:186:30
1311.27:196:29
1411.27:196:29
1511.17:206:29
1611.17:206:28
1711.17:206:28
1811.17:216:28
1911.17:216:27
2011.17:216:27
2111.17:226:27
2211.17:226:26
2311.17:236:26
2411.07:236:26
2511.07:236:26
2611.07:246:26
2711.07:246:25
2811.07:246:25
2911.07:256:25
3011.07:256:25
3111.07:266:25

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.32 kWh/m² to a high of 6.22 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.57 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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94.7Bright
104.7Bright
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144.6Bright
154.5Bright
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184.5Bright
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204.4Bright
214.4Bright
224.4Bright
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244.4Bright
254.4Bright
264.4Bright
274.4Bright
284.4Bright
294.4Bright
304.4Bright
314.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Corinto

In seasonPeak

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

Corinto's monsoon runs November–January, 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 Corinto?

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

7.1
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.2
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Corinto for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Corinto in May

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

In May, Corinto sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Corinto in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Corinto peaks around February 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 11UV 15Jun 23UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Corinto?

Corinto sits at 18.4°S, 44.5°W, 649 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Curvelo, 42 km away.

Topography around Corinto

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Corinto has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 133 m around an average of 658 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 323 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,036 m.

The land around Corinto is covered by shrubs (45%) within 3 km, shrubs (38%), grassland (27%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (42%), trees (28%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
133 m
16 km
323 m
80 km
1,036 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Curvelo 42 km · Três Marias 85 km · Diamantina 91 km · Várzea da Palma 92 km · Paraopeba 100 km · Pompéu 106 km · Serro 116 km · Sete Lagoas 123 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 Corinto (-18.3808°, -44.4564°, elevation 649 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).