Crateús weather in May

In May, Crateús sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 44 mm of rain across 8 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-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 25% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Crateús's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Crateús's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
11th warmest
Overnight low
22°
4th coldest
Rainfall
44 mm
8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:46 AM – 5:32 PM
Cloud cover
60%
8th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

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 Crateús 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 34°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 Crateús

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.

Crateús weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°9413.812.33.1
Feb32° / 23°8914.412.23.3
Mar32° / 23°13418.2123.4
Apr31° / 23°941611.93.7
May31° / 22°44811.84.5
Jun32° / 22°152.811.75.0
Jul32° / 22°81.411.75.0
Aug33° / 22°20.411.84.4
Sep35° / 23°10.3123.7
Oct35° / 23°100.512.13.1
Nov35° / 24°5112.23.0
Dec35° / 24°203.812.33.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23961
34159
44159
54258
64357
74555
84654
94852
104852
114951
125050
135248
145248
155347
165347
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225644
235743
245842
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265941
276040
286040
296139
306238
316337

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Crateús gets around 44 mm of rain over 8 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 26% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
144
242
341
439
537
635
733
831
929
1028
1127
1226
1325
1424
1524
1624
1724
1824
1923
2023
2123
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2322
2421
2520
2620
2719
2818
2917
3016
3115

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 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 92% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1022870
2032968
3033067
4033265
5033463
6033661
7043858
8043957
9054154
10054352
11064550
12064648
13064846
14074944
15075142
16075241
17075439
18075637
19085636
20085834
21085933
22086131
23096130
24096328
25096427
261106425
271116523
281126522
291136620
301146718
311156717

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 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 5:45 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 5:35 PM to 5:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:455:35
211.85:455:34
311.85:455:34
411.85:455:34
511.85:455:34
611.85:455:33
711.85:455:33
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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 4.89 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.89 kWh/m² to a high of 7.06 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.89 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Crateús

In seasonPeak

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

Crateús's rainy season runs January–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Crateús?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Crateús in May

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

In May, Crateús sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Crateús 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 Crateús peaks around March 14 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 14UV 15Jul 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Crateús?

Crateús sits at 5.2°S, 40.7°W, 288 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Novo Oriente, 41 km away.

Topography around Crateús

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Crateús has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 285 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 961 m.

The land around Crateús is covered by shrubs (32%), grassland (32%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, shrubs (69%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and shrubs (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
94 m
80 km
961 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Novo Oriente 41 km · Independência 47 km · Nova Russas 54 km · Tamboril 54 km · Ipueiras 71 km · Quiterianópolis 74 km · Monsenhor Tabosa 80 km · São Miguel do Tapuio 81 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 Crateús (-5.1777°, -40.6695°, elevation 288 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).