Curaçá weather in May

In May, Curaçá sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 17 mm of rain across 3.8 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 7th-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 22% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Curaçá's 12th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Curaçá's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
9th warmest
Overnight low
22°
5th coldest
Rainfall
17 mm
3.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
5:48 AM – 5:24 PM
Cloud cover
63%
12th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Curaçá 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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Curaçá reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 10°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 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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313122

How May really feels in Curaçá

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.

Curaçá weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 24°759.112.53.1
Feb33° / 23°709.812.33.2
Mar33° / 23°8511.312.13.3
Apr33° / 23°447.511.83.8
May32° / 22°173.811.64.6
Jun31° / 21°71.811.55.5
Jul30° / 20°40.711.55.8
Aug31° / 20°20.411.75.3
Sep33° / 21°20.211.94.2
Oct35° / 22°6112.23.2
Nov35° / 23°223.512.42.9
Dec35° / 24°41512.53.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24159
34159
44159
54159
64159
74258
84258
94258
104258
114258
124258
134258
144258
154357
164258
174159
184159
194258
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274258
284258
294258
304357
314357

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Curaçá gets around 17 mm of rain over 3.8 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 12% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
116
216
315
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515
614
714
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309
319

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 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 62% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12295910
2229609
3229609
4129628
5130618
6130627
7131617
8132616
9133606
10133615
11134605
12134605
13135604
14135604
15135604
16136594
17136594
18136594
19137584
20137584
21138574
22138574
23139564
24140554
25141553
26142543
27243523
28244513
29245503
30247493
31248483

Wind in May

Winds average 16 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
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3017light breeze
3117light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 5:27 PM to 5:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:465:27
211.75:465:27
311.75:465:27
411.75:465:26
511.75:475:26
611.75:475:26
711.65:475:26
811.65:475:25
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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 4.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.93 kWh/m² to a high of 6.72 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.47 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
24.8Bright
34.8Bright
44.8Bright
54.7Bright
64.7Bright
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84.7Bright
94.6Bright
104.6Bright
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134.5Bright
144.5Bright
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164.5Bright
174.5Bright
184.4Bright
194.4Bright
204.4Bright
214.4Bright
224.3Bright
234.3Bright
244.3Bright
254.3Bright
264.3Bright
274.3Bright
284.2Bright
294.2Bright
304.2Bright
314.2Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Curaçá?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Curaçá in May

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

In May, Curaçá sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. About 4 days see rain.

light clothes

UV index in Curaçá in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Curaçá peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 10UV 15Jul 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Curaçá?

Curaçá sits at 9.0°S, 39.9°W, 359 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Santa Maria da Boa Vista, 22 km away.

Topography around Curaçá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Curaçá has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 356 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 514 m.

The land around Curaçá is covered by shrubs (35%) within 3 km, shrubs (67%) within 16 km, and shrubs (86%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
262 m
80 km
514 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Santa Maria da Boa Vista 22 km · Lagoa Grande 40 km · Petrolina 79 km · Juazeiro 80 km · Cabrobó 85 km · Abaré 92 km · Uauá 106 km · Parnamirim 106 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 Curaçá (-8.9903°, -39.9094°, elevation 359 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).