Guarabira weather in May

In May, Guarabira sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 74 mm of rain across 15.9 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-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 23% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Guarabira's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guarabira's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 74 mm; 15.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 5:28 AM – 5:09 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 8th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

Guarabira 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 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Guarabira reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

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

How May really feels in Guarabira

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.

Guarabira 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	30° / 23°	47	13.6	12.4	4.4
Feb	30° / 23°	57	14.3	12.2	4.1
Mar	30° / 23°	72	17.9	12	4.0
Apr	30° / 23°	83	17.5	11.9	4.2
May	29° / 22°	74	15.9	11.7	4.9
Jun	28° / 21°	64	14.4	11.6	5.7
Jul	27° / 20°	58	12.9	11.6	6.2
Aug	27° / 20°	28	9.3	11.8	6.6
Sep	28° / 21°	18	7	12	6.4
Oct	30° / 21°	15	5.7	12.2	5.9
Nov	30° / 22°	15	5.6	12.3	5.5
Dec	30° / 22°	26	10	12.4	4.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 33% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

	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 (%)	49	50	51	52	52	53	54	55	55	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	58	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	59
Cloudier (%)	51	50	49	48	48	47	46	45	45	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	51	49
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	53	47
7	54	46
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	59	41

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Guarabira gets around 74 mm of rain over 15.9 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 51% and peaks near 56% 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 (%)	56	55	54	53	52	52	51	50	49	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	48	49	49	50	51	51	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	52	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	55
3	54
4	53
5	52
6	52
7	51
8	50
9	49
10	48
11	48
12	47
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	48
18	49
19	49
20	50
21	51
22	51
23	52
24	52
25	53
26	53
27	53
28	53
29	53
30	52
31	52

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 75% 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 (%)	16	16	17	18	19	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	29	29	30	31	32	33	35
Oppressive (%)	84	84	83	82	81	80	79	79	78	77	77	76	76	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	73	73	73	72	71	71	70	69	68	67	65

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	17	83
4	18	82
5	19	81
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	28	72
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	30	70
28	31	69
29	32	68
30	33	67
31	35	65

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	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
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31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 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 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:26 AM to 5:30 AM, and sunset from 5:12 PM to 5:08 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)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	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
Sunrise (AM)	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30
Sunset (PM)	5:12	5:12	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	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	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	5:26	5:12
2	11.8	5:26	5:12
3	11.8	5:26	5:11
4	11.7	5:26	5:11
5	11.7	5:26	5:11
6	11.7	5:27	5:11
7	11.7	5:27	5:10
8	11.7	5:27	5:10
9	11.7	5:27	5:10
10	11.7	5:27	5:10
11	11.7	5:27	5:10
12	11.7	5:27	5:09
13	11.7	5:27	5:09
14	11.7	5:27	5:09
15	11.7	5:27	5:09
16	11.7	5:28	5:09
17	11.7	5:28	5:09
18	11.7	5:28	5:09
19	11.7	5:28	5:09
20	11.7	5:28	5:08
21	11.7	5:28	5:08
22	11.7	5:29	5:08
23	11.7	5:29	5:08
24	11.7	5:29	5:08
25	11.7	5:29	5:08
26	11.6	5:29	5:08
27	11.6	5:29	5:08
28	11.6	5:30	5:08
29	11.6	5:30	5:08
30	11.6	5:30	5:08
31	11.6	5:30	5:08

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.13 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.6 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)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3
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	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Guarabira?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

6.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Guarabira in May

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

In May, Guarabira sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Guarabira 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 68 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	28	29	29	29	28	27	27	26	26	27	27	28
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	28	Tropical
Feb	29	Tropical
Mar	29	Tropical
Apr	29	Tropical
May	28	Tropical
Jun	27	Warm
Jul	27	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	26	Warm
Oct	27	Warm
Nov	27	Warm
Dec	28	Warm

UV index in Guarabira 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 Guarabira peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 17 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	13	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	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	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Guarabira?

Guarabira sits at 6.9°S, 35.5°W, 94 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Araçagi, 12 km away.

Topography around Guarabira

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guarabira has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 290 m around an average of 133 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 530 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 752 m.

The land around Guarabira is covered by grassland (61%) within 3 km, grassland (69%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (56%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

290 m

grassland 61%

16 km

530 m

grassland 69%

80 km

752 m

grassland 56%

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

May weather nearby: Araçagi 12 km · Belém 19 km · Bananeiras 20 km · Solânea 22 km · Areia 25 km · Alagoa Grande 26 km · Itapororoca 27 km · Mari 30 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 Guarabira (-6.8547°, -35.49°, elevation 94 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	51	49
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	53	47
7	54	46
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	55
3	54
4	53
5	52
6	52
7	51
8	50
9	49
10	48
11	48
12	47
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	48
18	49
19	49
20	50
21	51
22	51
23	52
24	52
25	53
26	53
27	53
28	53
29	53
30	52
31	52

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	17	83
4	18	82
5	19	81
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	28	72
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	30	70
28	31	69
29	32	68
30	33	67
31	35	65

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	51	49
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	53	47
7	54	46
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	55
3	54
4	53
5	52
6	52
7	51
8	50
9	49
10	48
11	48
12	47
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	48
18	49
19	49
20	50
21	51
22	51
23	52
24	52
25	53
26	53
27	53
28	53
29	53
30	52
31	52

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	17	83
4	18	82
5	19	81
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	28	72
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	30	70
28	31	69
29	32	68
30	33	67
31	35	65

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	51	49
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	53	47
7	54	46
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	55
3	54
4	53
5	52
6	52
7	51
8	50
9	49
10	48
11	48
12	47
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	48
18	49
19	49
20	50
21	51
22	51
23	52
24	52
25	53
26	53
27	53
28	53
29	53
30	52
31	52

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	17	83
4	18	82
5	19	81
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	28	72
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	30	70
28	31	69
29	32	68
30	33	67
31	35	65