Fátima weather in May

In May, Fátima sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 51 mm of rain across 13.4 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Fátima's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fátima's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 51 mm; 13.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 5:44 AM – 5:15 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 12th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical May day in Fátima 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 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	28	21
31	28	21

How May really feels in Fátima

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 6 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Fátima weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 22°	37	6.6	12.6	3.8
Feb	33° / 22°	37	7.9	12.4	3.7
Mar	33° / 22°	42	9.7	12.1	3.7
Apr	31° / 22°	47	10.8	11.8	4.2
May	29° / 21°	51	13.4	11.5	4.9
Jun	27° / 20°	48	14.7	11.4	5.6
Jul	27° / 19°	38	14.4	11.4	5.9
Aug	27° / 19°	32	12.5	11.7	6.0
Sep	29° / 20°	23	8.7	11.9	5.5
Oct	31° / 21°	21	4.9	12.2	4.8
Nov	33° / 21°	23	5.1	12.5	4.2
Dec	33° / 22°	25	4.3	12.6	3.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 30% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	50	50	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	49	48	49	48	48	48	47	48	48	47	48	48	49	49	50	51	50	51	51	52
Cloudier (%)	50	50	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	51	52	51	52	52	52	53	52	52	53	52	52	51	51	50	49	50	49	49	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	50	50
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	52	48

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Fátima gets around 51 mm of rain over 13.4 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 43% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	43	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	44
7	43
8	43
9	42
10	42
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	42
18	42
19	42
20	43
21	43
22	43
23	44
24	44
25	44
26	44
27	44
28	44
29	44
30	45
31	45

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 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Humid (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Muggy (%)	57	58	59	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	66	67	67	67	67	68	67	67	67	68	68	69	69	70	71	72	73	75	77	78
Oppressive (%)	41	40	39	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	26	25	24	23	21	20

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	57	41
2	2	58	40
3	2	59	39
4	2	59	39
5	2	60	38
6	2	61	37
7	2	62	36
8	2	63	35
9	2	64	34
10	2	65	33
11	2	66	32
12	2	66	32
13	2	67	31
14	2	67	31
15	2	67	31
16	2	67	31
17	2	68	30
18	3	67	30
19	3	67	30
20	3	67	30
21	3	68	29
22	3	68	29
23	3	69	28
24	3	69	28
25	3	70	27
26	3	71	26
27	3	72	25
28	3	73	24
29	2	75	23
30	2	77	21
31	2	78	20

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 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 5:41 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 5:19 PM to 5:13 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47
Sunset (PM)	5:19	5:19	5:18	5:18	5:18	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	5:41	5:19
2	11.6	5:41	5:19
3	11.6	5:41	5:18
4	11.6	5:42	5:18
5	11.6	5:42	5:18
6	11.6	5:42	5:17
7	11.6	5:42	5:17
8	11.6	5:42	5:17
9	11.6	5:42	5:16
10	11.6	5:42	5:16
11	11.6	5:43	5:16
12	11.5	5:43	5:15
13	11.5	5:43	5:15
14	11.5	5:43	5:15
15	11.5	5:43	5:15
16	11.5	5:44	5:15
17	11.5	5:44	5:14
18	11.5	5:44	5:14
19	11.5	5:44	5:14
20	11.5	5:45	5:14
21	11.5	5:45	5:14
22	11.5	5:45	5:14
23	11.5	5:45	5:14
24	11.5	5:46	5:13
25	11.5	5:46	5:13
26	11.5	5:46	5:13
27	11.4	5:46	5:13
28	11.4	5:47	5:13
29	11.4	5:47	5:13
30	11.4	5:47	5:13
31	11.4	5:47	5:13

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.31 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 4.07 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.0	Bright
18	4.0	Bright
19	4.0	Bright
20	4.0	Moderate
21	4.0	Moderate
22	4.0	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate
29	3.9	Moderate
30	3.9	Moderate
31	3.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Fátima?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

6.4

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Fátima in May

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

In May, Fátima sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Fátima 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 Fátima peaks around February 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	14	13	10	9	9	10	12	13	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Fátima?

Fátima sits at 10.6°S, 38.2°W, 319 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Poço Verde, 13 km away.

Topography around Fátima

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fátima has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 m around an average of 309 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 286 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 721 m.

The land around Fátima is covered by grassland (53%) and cropland (38%) within 3 km, grassland (47%) and cropland (40%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%) and shrubs (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

128 m

grassland 53%

16 km

286 m

grassland 47%

80 km

721 m

grassland 48%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

← April Fátima year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Poço Verde 13 km · Cícero Dantas 18 km · Paripiranga 40 km · Ribeira do Pombal 44 km · Simão Dias 47 km · Coronel João Sá 47 km · Jeremoabo 60 km · Carira 62 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

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 Fátima (-10.6°, -38.2167°, elevation 319 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	28	21
31	28	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	50	50
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	44
7	43
8	43
9	42
10	42
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	42
18	42
19	42
20	43
21	43
22	43
23	44
24	44
25	44
26	44
27	44
28	44
29	44
30	45
31	45

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	57	41
2	2	58	40
3	2	59	39
4	2	59	39
5	2	60	38
6	2	61	37
7	2	62	36
8	2	63	35
9	2	64	34
10	2	65	33
11	2	66	32
12	2	66	32
13	2	67	31
14	2	67	31
15	2	67	31
16	2	67	31
17	2	68	30
18	3	67	30
19	3	67	30
20	3	67	30
21	3	68	29
22	3	68	29
23	3	69	28
24	3	69	28
25	3	70	27
26	3	71	26
27	3	72	25
28	3	73	24
29	2	75	23
30	2	77	21
31	2	78	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	28	21
31	28	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	50	50
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	44
7	43
8	43
9	42
10	42
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	42
18	42
19	42
20	43
21	43
22	43
23	44
24	44
25	44
26	44
27	44
28	44
29	44
30	45
31	45

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	57	41
2	2	58	40
3	2	59	39
4	2	59	39
5	2	60	38
6	2	61	37
7	2	62	36
8	2	63	35
9	2	64	34
10	2	65	33
11	2	66	32
12	2	66	32
13	2	67	31
14	2	67	31
15	2	67	31
16	2	67	31
17	2	68	30
18	3	67	30
19	3	67	30
20	3	67	30
21	3	68	29
22	3	68	29
23	3	69	28
24	3	69	28
25	3	70	27
26	3	71	26
27	3	72	25
28	3	73	24
29	2	75	23
30	2	77	21
31	2	78	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	28	21
31	28	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	50	50
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	44
7	43
8	43
9	42
10	42
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	42
18	42
19	42
20	43
21	43
22	43
23	44
24	44
25	44
26	44
27	44
28	44
29	44
30	45
31	45

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	57	41
2	2	58	40
3	2	59	39
4	2	59	39
5	2	60	38
6	2	61	37
7	2	62	36
8	2	63	35
9	2	64	34
10	2	65	33
11	2	66	32
12	2	66	32
13	2	67	31
14	2	67	31
15	2	67	31
16	2	67	31
17	2	68	30
18	3	67	30
19	3	67	30
20	3	67	30
21	3	68	29
22	3	68	29
23	3	69	28
24	3	69	28
25	3	70	27
26	3	71	26
27	3	72	25
28	3	73	24
29	2	75	23
30	2	77	21
31	2	78	20