Crato weather in May

In May, Crato sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 44 mm of rain across 8.1 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Crato's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Crato's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
10th warmest
Overnight low
21°
5th coldest
Rainfall
44 mm
8.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:44 AM – 5:24 PM
Cloud cover
59%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Crato 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 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Crato reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°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 Crato

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.

Crato 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
Jan30° / 21°12616.112.44.1
Feb30° / 21°13416.612.24.2
Mar29° / 21°17520124.2
Apr29° / 21°10614.411.84.8
May29° / 21°448.111.75.8
Jun28° / 19°133.211.66.8
Jul28° / 19°71.911.67.0
Aug30° / 19°30.911.86.5
Sep32° / 20°20.6125.4
Oct33° / 21°91.812.24.5
Nov33° / 22°203.212.34.4
Dec32° / 22°366.212.44.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 50%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24555
34555
44555
54654
64654
74654
84753
94753
104753
114852
124852
134951
145050
155050
165149
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295347
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315446

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Crato gets around 44 mm of rain over 8.1 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 36% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
136
235
335
434
533
632
731
829
928
1027
1126
1226
1325
1425
1524
1624
1724
1824
1924
2023
2123
2223
2323
2423
2522
2622
2722
2821
2920
3019
3118

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 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 66% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1119737
2120736
3120736
4121726
5122716
6123706
7124696
8125686
9126676
10127666
11128665
12229645
13229645
14230635
15230635
16231625
17232624
18232624
19233614
20234613
21235603
22235603
23236602
24238582
25239572
26240571
27242551
28343531
29345511
30346501
31348480

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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510calm
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3012calm
3112light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 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 5:42 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 5:27 PM to 5:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:425:27
211.75:425:27
311.75:425:27
411.75:435:26
511.75:435:26
611.75:435:26
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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 4.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.51 kWh/m² to a high of 6.85 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.73 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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244.6Bright
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264.6Bright
274.6Bright
284.6Bright
294.6Bright
304.6Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Crato

In seasonPeak

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

Crato'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 Crato?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Crato in May

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

In May, Crato sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Crato 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 Crato peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 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 12UV 15Jul 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Crato?

Crato sits at 7.2°S, 39.4°W, 430 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Juazeiro do Norte, 11 km away.

Topography around Crato

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Crato has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 178 m around an average of 452 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 605 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 778 m.

The land around Crato is covered by trees (34%), artificial surfaces (27%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (47%), shrubs (24%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (55%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
178 m
16 km
605 m
80 km
778 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Juazeiro do Norte 11 km · Barbalha 14 km · Caririaçu 25 km · Missão Velha 29 km · Nova Olinda 34 km · Santana do Cariri 36 km · Farias Brito 38 km · Jardim 41 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 Crato (-7.2342°, -39.4094°, elevation 430 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).