Dom Pedro weather in May

In May, Dom Pedro sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 111 mm of rain across 15.4 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-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 20% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Dom Pedro's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dom Pedro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
8th warmest
Overnight low
23°
8th coldest
Rainfall
111 mm
15.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:01 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover
65%
7th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Dom Pedro 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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Dom Pedro reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Dom Pedro

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.

Dom Pedro weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°24026.312.32.7
Feb31° / 23°25724.812.22.6
Mar31° / 23°29628.8122.6
Apr31° / 23°23225.111.92.9
May31° / 23°11115.411.83.8
Jun32° / 23°20411.74.6
Jul33° / 23°91.711.74.4
Aug34° / 23°40.611.83.7
Sep35° / 24°91.8122.9
Oct35° / 24°234.212.12.8
Nov34° / 24°6710.412.22.9
Dec33° / 24°13417.212.32.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22872
32971
43070
53268
63466
73565
83763
93961
104060
114159
124258
134357
144357
154456
164654
174654
184852
194852
204951
215050
225149
235347
245347
255545
265644
275743
285941
296040
306238
316337

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Dom Pedro gets around 111 mm of rain over 15.4 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 50% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
169
268
366
465
563
661
759
857
956
1054
1153
1252
1351
1450
1549
1649
1748
1848
1947
2046
2145
2244
2343
2442
2541
2640
2738
2837
2935
3033
3131

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
104159
204159
304258
404357
504357
604456
704555
804654
914752
1014851
1114950
1215049
1315148
1415247
1515346
1615445
1715544
1815643
1925642
2025741
2125840
2235839
2335938
2445937
2546135
2656134
2766232
2876330
2986428
3096526
31106624

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 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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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 6:00 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:005:50
211.86:005:49
311.86:005:49
411.86:005:49
511.86:005:49
611.86:005:49
711.86:005:48
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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 4.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.41 kWh/m² to a high of 6.36 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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104.6Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Dom Pedro

In seasonPeak

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

Dom Pedro's monsoon runs December–April, 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 Dom Pedro?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dom Pedro.

What to pack for Dom Pedro in May

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

In May, Dom Pedro sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Dom Pedro 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 Dom Pedro peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 24 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 12UV 15Jul 24UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Dom Pedro 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 Dom Pedro is worst in October — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.3× the cleanest month (June, 9 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModeratePoorModerateOct 1752 µg/m³Jun 199 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr12Good
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul9Good
Aug18Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct55Unhealthy
Nov30Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Dom Pedro?

Dom Pedro sits at 5.0°S, 44.4°W, 147 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Presidente Dutra, 29 km away.

Topography around Dom Pedro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dom Pedro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 158 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 181 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 331 m.

The land around Dom Pedro is covered by trees (45%) and grassland (43%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and grassland (48%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and grassland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
83 m
16 km
181 m
80 km
331 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Presidente Dutra 29 km · Tuntum 34 km · Esperantinópolis 52 km · Pedreiras 55 km · Trizidela do Vale 56 km · São Domingos do Maranhão 60 km · Poção de Pedras 65 km · São João do Soter 70 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 Dom Pedro (-5.0382°, -44.4375°, elevation 147 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).