Goianinha weather in May

In May, Goianinha sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 92 mm of rain across 17.4 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 Goianinha's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Goianinha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
8th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
92 mm
17.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:26 AM – 5:09 PM
Cloud cover
53%
8th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.84 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Goianinha 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 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Goianinha reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Goianinha

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 29 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
29
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.

Goianinha 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 24°5215.412.34.3
Feb31° / 24°6615.212.24.0
Mar31° / 24°9420.2123.7
Apr30° / 24°11920.911.93.8
May29° / 23°9217.411.74.6
Jun28° / 23°941711.65.1
Jul28° / 22°7715.711.75.8
Aug28° / 22°3110.711.86.3
Sep29° / 22°207.7126.1
Oct30° / 23°146.212.15.9
Nov30° / 24°156.512.35.5
Dec30° / 24°2610.312.44.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25248
35347
45446
55545
65644
75743
85842
95941
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126040
136139
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Goianinha gets around 92 mm of rain over 17.4 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 56% and peaks near 63% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
163
262
361
459
558
657
756
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1153
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1653
1754
1854
1955
2055
2156
2256
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2457
2557
2658
2758
2858
2958
3058
3158

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 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
118811
218811
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418910
528810
628810
728810
82899
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102899
112908
122908
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317930

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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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 5:25 AM to 5:28 AM, and sunset from 5:12 PM to 5:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:255:12
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311.85:255:11
411.85:255:11
511.85:255:10
611.85:255:10
711.85:255:10
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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 4.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.36 kWh/m² to a high of 6.25 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.84 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Goianinha

In seasonPeak

In May, Goianinha sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Goianinha's rainy season runs February–July, 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 Goianinha?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Goianinha for sightseeing.

What to pack for Goianinha in May

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

In May, Goianinha sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Goianinha in May

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 39 km away) is warmest in March at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec28Warm

UV index in Goianinha 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 Goianinha peaks around March 11 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 11UV 15Jul 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Goianinha?

Goianinha sits at 6.3°S, 35.2°W, 32 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Canguaretama, 15 km away.

Topography around Goianinha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Goianinha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 198 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 634 m.

The land around Goianinha is covered by grassland (71%) within 3 km, grassland (52%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
82 m
16 km
198 m
80 km
634 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
May weather nearby: Canguaretama 15 km · Tibau do Sul 16 km · Nísia Floresta 19 km · São José de Mipibu 22 km · Monte Alegre 26 km · Santo Antônio 30 km · Nova Cruz 34 km · Parnamirim 39 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 Goianinha (-6.2662°, -35.2097°, elevation 32 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).