Garanhuns weather in May

In May, Garanhuns sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 64 mm of rain across 16.5 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 Garanhuns's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Garanhuns's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 64 mm; 16.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 5:34 AM – 5:10 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 10th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.34 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Garanhuns is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical May day in Garanhuns reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°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)	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	20
2	27	20
3	27	20
4	27	20
5	26	20
6	26	20
7	26	20
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22	26	19
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25	26	19
26	26	19
27	25	19
28	25	19
29	25	19
30	25	19
31	25	19

Garanhuns weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 20°	45	11.3	12.5	5.4
Feb	29° / 20°	49	11.6	12.3	5.2
Mar	29° / 20°	60	14.3	12.1	5.1
Apr	28° / 20°	66	14.2	11.8	5.5
May	26° / 19°	64	16.5	11.6	5.7
Jun	24° / 18°	69	17.2	11.5	5.7
Jul	24° / 18°	67	18.7	11.5	5.5
Aug	24° / 17°	47	16	11.7	5.9
Sep	26° / 18°	31	10.7	11.9	6.7
Oct	27° / 18°	22	6.5	12.2	7.0
Nov	29° / 19°	20	5	12.4	6.3
Dec	29° / 20°	25	7.3	12.5	5.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

	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 (%)	39	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	45	43	44	44	45	44	45	45	45	46	46	47
Cloudier (%)	61	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	55	57	56	56	55	56	55	55	55	54	54	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	45	55
21	43	57
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24	45	55
25	44	56
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	47	53

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Garanhuns gets around 64 mm of rain over 16.5 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 53% and peaks near 55% 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 (%)	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	53
3	53
4	53
5	53
6	53
7	53
8	53
9	52
10	52
11	51
12	51
13	51
14	51
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	53
20	53
21	53
22	53
23	53
24	54
25	54
26	54
27	55
28	55
29	55
30	55
31	55

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 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 90% 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 (%)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	15
Muggy (%)	89	89	89	88	88	88	89	88	88	88	89	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	86	86	85	86	85
Oppressive (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	7	89	4
2	7	89	4
3	7	89	4
4	8	88	4
5	8	88	4
6	8	88	4
7	8	89	3
8	9	88	3
9	9	88	3
10	9	88	3
11	9	89	2
12	10	88	2
13	10	88	2
14	10	88	2
15	10	88	2
16	10	88	2
17	10	89	1
18	10	89	1
19	11	88	1
20	11	88	1
21	11	88	1
22	11	88	1
23	11	88	1
24	12	87	1
25	12	87	1
26	12	87	1
27	13	86	1
28	13	86	1
29	14	85	1
30	14	86	0
31	15	85	0

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	11	11	12	12
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
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31	12	calm

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 5:32 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 5:14 PM to 5:09 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)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	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
Sunrise (AM)	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:38
Sunset (PM)	5:14	5:14	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:12	5:12	5:12	5:12	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	5:32	5:14
2	11.7	5:33	5:14
3	11.7	5:33	5:13
4	11.7	5:33	5:13
5	11.7	5:33	5:13
6	11.7	5:33	5:12
7	11.7	5:33	5:12
8	11.6	5:33	5:12
9	11.6	5:33	5:12
10	11.6	5:33	5:11
11	11.6	5:34	5:11
12	11.6	5:34	5:11
13	11.6	5:34	5:11
14	11.6	5:34	5:10
15	11.6	5:34	5:10
16	11.6	5:34	5:10
17	11.6	5:35	5:10
18	11.6	5:35	5:10
19	11.6	5:35	5:10
20	11.6	5:35	5:10
21	11.6	5:35	5:09
22	11.6	5:36	5:09
23	11.6	5:36	5:09
24	11.6	5:36	5:09
25	11.5	5:36	5:09
26	11.5	5:36	5:09
27	11.5	5:37	5:09
28	11.5	5:37	5:09
29	11.5	5:37	5:09
30	11.5	5:37	5:09
31	11.5	5:38	5:09

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.87 kWh/m² to a high of 6.47 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.34 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)	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
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15	4.4	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
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20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Garanhuns?

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

5.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

5.4

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Garanhuns for sightseeing.

What to pack for Garanhuns in May

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

In May, Garanhuns sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Garanhuns 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 Garanhuns peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 at about 10 (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	15	14	11	10	10	10	13	13	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Garanhuns?

Garanhuns sits at 8.9°S, 36.5°W, 950 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is São João, 15 km away.

Topography around Garanhuns

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Garanhuns has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 276 m around an average of 853 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 395 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,116 m.

The land around Garanhuns is covered by artificial surfaces (30%), grassland (29%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (58%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (65%) within 80 km.

3 km

276 m

artificial surfaces 30%

16 km

395 m

grassland 58%

80 km

1,116 m

grassland 65%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

May weather nearby: São João 15 km · Caetés 18 km · Jupi 21 km · Capoeiras 21 km · Lajedo 31 km · Correntes 33 km · Canhotinho 34 km · Bom Conselho 37 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 Garanhuns (-8.882°, -36.5022°, elevation 950 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	27	20
2	27	20
3	27	20
4	27	20
5	26	20
6	26	20
7	26	20
8	26	20
9	26	20
10	26	20
11	26	19
12	26	19
13	26	19
14	26	19
15	26	19
16	26	19
17	26	19
18	26	19
19	26	19
20	26	19
21	26	19
22	26	19
23	26	19
24	26	19
25	26	19
26	26	19
27	25	19
28	25	19
29	25	19
30	25	19
31	25	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	45	55
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	53
3	53
4	53
5	53
6	53
7	53
8	53
9	52
10	52
11	51
12	51
13	51
14	51
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	53
20	53
21	53
22	53
23	53
24	54
25	54
26	54
27	55
28	55
29	55
30	55
31	55

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	7	89	4
2	7	89	4
3	7	89	4
4	8	88	4
5	8	88	4
6	8	88	4
7	8	89	3
8	9	88	3
9	9	88	3
10	9	88	3
11	9	89	2
12	10	88	2
13	10	88	2
14	10	88	2
15	10	88	2
16	10	88	2
17	10	89	1
18	10	89	1
19	11	88	1
20	11	88	1
21	11	88	1
22	11	88	1
23	11	88	1
24	12	87	1
25	12	87	1
26	12	87	1
27	13	86	1
28	13	86	1
29	14	85	1
30	14	86	0
31	15	85	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	45	55
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	53
3	53
4	53
5	53
6	53
7	53
8	53
9	52
10	52
11	51
12	51
13	51
14	51
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	53
20	53
21	53
22	53
23	53
24	54
25	54
26	54
27	55
28	55
29	55
30	55
31	55

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	7	89	4
2	7	89	4
3	7	89	4
4	8	88	4
5	8	88	4
6	8	88	4
7	8	89	3
8	9	88	3
9	9	88	3
10	9	88	3
11	9	89	2
12	10	88	2
13	10	88	2
14	10	88	2
15	10	88	2
16	10	88	2
17	10	89	1
18	10	89	1
19	11	88	1
20	11	88	1
21	11	88	1
22	11	88	1
23	11	88	1
24	12	87	1
25	12	87	1
26	12	87	1
27	13	86	1
28	13	86	1
29	14	85	1
30	14	86	0
31	15	85	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	45	55
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	53
3	53
4	53
5	53
6	53
7	53
8	53
9	52
10	52
11	51
12	51
13	51
14	51
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	53
20	53
21	53
22	53
23	53
24	54
25	54
26	54
27	55
28	55
29	55
30	55
31	55

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	7	89	4
2	7	89	4
3	7	89	4
4	8	88	4
5	8	88	4
6	8	88	4
7	8	89	3
8	9	88	3
9	9	88	3
10	9	88	3
11	9	89	2
12	10	88	2
13	10	88	2
14	10	88	2
15	10	88	2
16	10	88	2
17	10	89	1
18	10	89	1
19	11	88	1
20	11	88	1
21	11	88	1
22	11	88	1
23	11	88	1
24	12	87	1
25	12	87	1
26	12	87	1
27	13	86	1
28	13	86	1
29	14	85	1
30	14	86	0
31	15	85	0