Formosa do Rio Preto weather in May

In May, Formosa do Rio Preto sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 20 mm of rain across 2.8 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Formosa do Rio Preto's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Formosa do Rio Preto's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
5th warmest
Overnight low
20°
4th coldest
Rainfall
20 mm
2.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:12 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover
51%
6th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Formosa do Rio Preto 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Formosa do Rio Preto reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Formosa do Rio Preto

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.

Formosa do Rio Preto weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°1681712.64.2
Feb30° / 21°13416.212.44.2
Mar30° / 21°15016.412.14.3
Apr30° / 21°729.811.85.0
May30° / 20°202.811.55.7
Jun30° / 19°00.111.46.4
Jul30° / 19°00.111.46.5
Aug32° / 19°00.111.65.6
Sep33° / 21°6111.94.2
Oct33° / 22°555.912.23.6
Nov31° / 22°13912.912.53.9
Dec30° / 21°13814.512.64.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Formosa do Rio Preto gets around 20 mm of rain over 2.8 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 9% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 37% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
10435565
20436555
30438544
40439534
50540514
60542493
70543483
80645463
90646453
100747433
110848413
120849403
130950392
140952372
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1601053352
1701154332
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1901256311
2011355301
2111455291
2211556271
2311656261
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2511857231
2611959210
2712059200
2812160180
2922358170
3022459150
3122658140

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 6:10 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 5:46 PM to 5:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:105:46
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411.66:105:45
511.66:105:45
611.66:105:45
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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 5.02 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.02 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 5.02 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Formosa do Rio Preto

In seasonPeak

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

Formosa do Rio Preto's rainy season runs November–March, 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 Formosa do Rio Preto?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Formosa do Rio Preto in May

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

In May, Formosa do Rio Preto sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Formosa do Rio Preto 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 Formosa do Rio Preto peaks around February 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 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 highExtremeFeb 18UV 15Jun 22UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Formosa do Rio Preto 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 Formosa do Rio Preto is worst in October — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 6.2× the cleanest month (July, 4 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodOct 1224 µg/m³Jul 124 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar7Good
Apr6Good
May5Good
Jun4Good
Jul4Good
Aug5Good
Sep21Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Formosa do Rio Preto?

Formosa do Rio Preto sits at 11.0°S, 45.2°W, 495 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Corrente, 67 km away.

Topography around Formosa do Rio Preto

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Formosa do Rio Preto.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Formosa do Rio Preto has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m around an average of 503 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 285 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 473 m.

The land around Formosa do Rio Preto is covered by trees (42%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, trees (66%) within 16 km, and trees (37%) and shrubs (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
92 m
16 km
285 m
80 km
473 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Corrente 67 km · Santa Rita de Cássia 74 km · Riachão das Neves 84 km · Barreiras 125 km · Luis Eduardo Magalhães 133 km · São Desidério 148 km · Buritirama 175 km · Dianópolis 189 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 Formosa do Rio Preto (-11.0483°, -45.1931°, elevation 495 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).