Crixás weather in May

In May, Crixás sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 13 mm of rain across 2.3 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Crixás's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Crixás's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
21°
4th coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
2.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
7:36 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover
43%
5th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Crixás 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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Crixás reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°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 Crixás

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.

Crixás weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°29024.512.83.1
Feb31° / 22°22422.112.53.1
Mar31° / 22°20923.512.13.1
Apr32° / 22°9614.111.73.8
May32° / 21°132.311.34.7
Jun32° / 20°20.411.25.2
Jul32° / 20°00.111.25.1
Aug34° / 21°30.811.53.8
Sep35° / 23°21411.92.7
Oct34° / 23°10714.212.32.7
Nov31° / 23°22321.712.73.0
Dec30° / 22°29224.612.83.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17030
27030
37129
47030
56931
66931
76931
86832
96733
106634
116634
126634
136535
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318317

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Crixás gets around 13 mm of rain over 2.3 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 9% and peaks near 18% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
118
217
315
414
513
612
711
811
910
1010
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158
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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 38% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 46% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
104274127
205294125
306314022
406334020
507354018
618363916
718373915
819383913
9110393912
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2241538384
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2451839363
2551940343
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2842341292
2942542272
3042742261
3142843241

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
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
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107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
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307calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:32 AM to 7:41 AM, and sunset from 7:02 PM to 6:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.57:327:02
211.57:337:01
311.57:337:01
411.57:337:00
511.47:337:00
611.47:346:59
711.47:346:59
811.47:346:59
911.47:346:58
1011.47:356:58
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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 4.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.08 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.98 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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155.0Bright
165.0Bright
174.9Bright
184.9Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Crixás

In seasonPeak

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

Crixás's monsoon runs November–March, 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 Crixás?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Crixás in May

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

In May, Crixás sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Crixás in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Crixás peaks around February 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 12UV 15Jun 23UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Crixás 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 Crixás is worst in September — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 7.1× the cleanest month (July, 3 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 2120 µg/m³Jul 123 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb7Good
Mar8Good
Apr7Good
May5Good
Jun4Good
Jul3Good
Aug6Good
Sep21Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Crixás?

Crixás sits at 14.5°S, 50.0°W, 382 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Itapaci, 64 km away.

Topography around Crixás

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Crixás has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m around an average of 424 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 362 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 811 m.

The land around Crixás is covered by trees (53%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and grassland (60%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
185 m
16 km
362 m
80 km
811 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Itapaci 64 km · Rubiataba 71 km · Uruaçu 89 km · Ceres 93 km · Itapuranga 113 km · Goianésia 125 km · São Miguel do Araguaia 143 km · Jaraguá 151 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 Crixás (-14.5489°, -49.9692°, elevation 382 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).