Gravatá weather in May

In May, Gravatá sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 101 mm of rain across 21.3 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Gravatá's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gravatá's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 101 mm; 21.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 5:30 AM – 5:07 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.25 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.8; out of 10

Gravatá 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 27°C through the month.

A typical May day in Gravatá reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°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)	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26
Avg low (°C)	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	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

Gravatá weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 21°	61	17.9	12.4	4.6
Feb	29° / 22°	61	17	12.3	4.4
Mar	29° / 22°	78	19.5	12.1	4.3
Apr	28° / 22°	84	19.6	11.8	4.5
May	27° / 21°	101	21.3	11.6	4.8
Jun	26° / 20°	109	21.7	11.5	4.9
Jul	25° / 19°	95	22.1	11.6	5.0
Aug	25° / 19°	64	19.1	11.7	5.4
Sep	26° / 19°	51	16.3	12	5.7
Oct	27° / 20°	38	14.8	12.2	5.8
Nov	28° / 21°	32	11.8	12.4	5.6
Dec	29° / 21°	39	13.6	12.5	5.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 58%.

	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 (%)	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	40	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	46	46	47	48	48	48
Cloudier (%)	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	62	61	61	60	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	54	54	53	52	52	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	40	60
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	47	53
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Gravatá gets around 101 mm of rain over 21.3 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 69% and peaks near 71% 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 (%)	66	66	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	67
4	67
5	68
6	68
7	68
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	68
15	68
16	68
17	68
18	69
19	69
20	69
21	69
22	69
23	70
24	70
25	70
26	70
27	70
28	71
29	71
30	71
31	71

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 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% 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
Muggy (%)	31	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	40	41	42	43	44	44	45	46	46	47	47	48	49	49	50	51	52	53	55	57	58	60
Oppressive (%)	69	69	68	67	66	65	64	63	62	60	59	58	57	56	56	55	54	54	53	53	52	51	51	50	49	48	47	45	43	42	40

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	32	68
4	33	67
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	37	63
9	38	62
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	50	50
25	51	49
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	55	45
29	57	43
30	58	42
31	60	40

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
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29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 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 5:28 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 5:11 PM to 5:06 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	11.7	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	11.6	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33
Sunset (PM)	5:11	5:11	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	5:28	5:11
2	11.7	5:28	5:11
3	11.7	5:28	5:10
4	11.7	5:28	5:10
5	11.7	5:28	5:10
6	11.7	5:28	5:09
7	11.7	5:28	5:09
8	11.7	5:29	5:09
9	11.7	5:29	5:09
10	11.7	5:29	5:08
11	11.7	5:29	5:08
12	11.6	5:29	5:08
13	11.6	5:29	5:08
14	11.6	5:29	5:08
15	11.6	5:30	5:07
16	11.6	5:30	5:07
17	11.6	5:30	5:07
18	11.6	5:30	5:07
19	11.6	5:30	5:07
20	11.6	5:30	5:07
21	11.6	5:31	5:07
22	11.6	5:31	5:07
23	11.6	5:31	5:07
24	11.6	5:31	5:07
25	11.6	5:31	5:06
26	11.6	5:32	5:06
27	11.6	5:32	5:06
28	11.6	5:32	5:06
29	11.6	5:32	5:06
30	11.6	5:33	5:06
31	11.6	5:33	5:06

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.86 kWh/m² to a high of 5.83 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.25 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	4.5	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	4.3	4.2	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
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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.0	Bright
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.0	Bright
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Gravatá?

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

4.8

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Gravatá for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gravatá in May

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

In May, Gravatá sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Gravatá 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 Gravatá peaks around March 15 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	14	15	14	11	10	10	10	12	12	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	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Gravatá?

Gravatá sits at 8.2°S, 35.6°W, 458 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Chã Grande, 12 km away.

Topography around Gravatá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gravatá has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 316 m around an average of 463 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 649 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,023 m.

The land around Gravatá is covered by grassland (51%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, grassland (68%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (60%) within 80 km.

3 km

316 m

grassland 51%

16 km

649 m

grassland 68%

80 km

1,023 m

grassland 60%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

May weather nearby: Chã Grande 12 km · Pombos 20 km · Passira 23 km · Amaraji 24 km · Bezerros 26 km · Cumaru 26 km · Camocim de São Félix 28 km · Vitória de Santo Antão 31 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 Gravatá (-8.2011°, -35.5647°, elevation 458 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	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
4	28	21
5	27	21
6	27	21
7	27	21
8	27	21
9	27	21
10	27	21
11	27	21
12	27	21
13	27	21
14	27	21
15	27	21
16	27	21
17	27	21
18	27	21
19	27	21
20	27	21
21	27	21
22	27	21
23	27	21
24	27	21
25	27	21
26	27	21
27	27	21
28	27	21
29	27	21
30	26	21
31	26	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	40	60
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	47	53
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	67
4	67
5	68
6	68
7	68
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	68
15	68
16	68
17	68
18	69
19	69
20	69
21	69
22	69
23	70
24	70
25	70
26	70
27	70
28	71
29	71
30	71
31	71

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	32	68
4	33	67
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	37	63
9	38	62
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	50	50
25	51	49
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	55	45
29	57	43
30	58	42
31	60	40

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	40	60
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	47	53
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	67
4	67
5	68
6	68
7	68
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	68
15	68
16	68
17	68
18	69
19	69
20	69
21	69
22	69
23	70
24	70
25	70
26	70
27	70
28	71
29	71
30	71
31	71

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	32	68
4	33	67
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	37	63
9	38	62
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	50	50
25	51	49
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	55	45
29	57	43
30	58	42
31	60	40

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	40	60
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	47	53
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	67
4	67
5	68
6	68
7	68
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	68
15	68
16	68
17	68
18	69
19	69
20	69
21	69
22	69
23	70
24	70
25	70
26	70
27	70
28	71
29	71
30	71
31	71

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	32	68
4	33	67
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	37	63
9	38	62
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	50	50
25	51	49
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	55	45
29	57	43
30	58	42
31	60	40