Guarapuava weather in May

In May, Guarapuava sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 129 mm of rain across 10.6 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of May to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Guarapuava's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guarapuava's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 129 mm; 10.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 7:59 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 6th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 3.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

Guarapuava 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

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Guarapuava reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°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)	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Guarapuava weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 17°	214	21.8	13.4	4.9
Feb	25° / 17°	182	20.1	12.9	4.8
Mar	25° / 16°	133	16.8	12.2	5.8
Apr	23° / 13°	106	10.9	11.4	6.6
May	19° / 11°	129	10.6	10.8	6.2
Jun	18° / 10°	136	10.1	10.4	6.1
Jul	19° / 9°	105	8.9	10.6	6.4
Aug	21° / 10°	102	8.1	11.1	7.0
Sep	22° / 12°	168	12	11.8	6.4
Oct	23° / 13°	193	16.9	12.6	5.7
Nov	24° / 14°	149	15.4	13.2	6.0
Dec	25° / 16°	186	19	13.6	5.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

	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 (%)	51	51	50	51	51	50	49	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	47	46	47	48	48	49	48
Cloudier (%)	49	49	50	49	49	50	51	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	53	54	53	52	52	51	52

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

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Guarapuava gets around 129 mm of rain over 10.6 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 34% and peaks near 36% 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 (%)	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	36

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 62% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	48	49	51	52	53	55	55	56	58	58	60	60	62	62	63	64	65	66	66	67	68	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	70	69	69
Comfortable (%)	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	29	29	28	27	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	25	25
Humid (%)	16	14	13	12	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	48	37	16
2	49	36	14
3	51	36	13
4	52	36	12
5	53	36	11
6	55	35	10
7	55	35	10
8	56	35	9
9	58	34	8
10	58	34	8
11	60	33	7
12	60	33	7
13	62	32	6
14	62	32	6
15	63	31	6
16	64	31	5
17	65	30	5
18	66	29	5
19	66	29	5
20	67	28	5
21	68	27	5
22	69	26	5
23	69	26	5
24	70	25	5
25	70	25	5
26	70	25	5
27	71	24	5
28	71	24	5
29	70	24	6
30	69	25	6
31	69	25	6

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 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)	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	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of May to 10 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:51 AM to 8:07 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:40 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)	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:51	7:52	7:52	7:53	7:53	7:54	7:54	7:55	7:55	7:56	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:58	7:59	7:59	8:00	8:00	8:01	8:01	8:02	8:02	8:03	8:03	8:04	8:04	8:05	8:05	8:06	8:06	8:07
Sunset (PM)	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	7:51	6:55
2	11.0	7:52	6:54
3	11.0	7:52	6:53
4	11.0	7:53	6:53
5	11.0	7:53	6:52
6	11.0	7:54	6:51
7	10.9	7:54	6:50
8	10.9	7:55	6:50
9	10.9	7:55	6:49
10	10.9	7:56	6:48
11	10.9	7:56	6:48
12	10.8	7:57	6:47
13	10.8	7:58	6:47
14	10.8	7:58	6:46
15	10.8	7:59	6:46
16	10.8	7:59	6:45
17	10.7	8:00	6:45
18	10.7	8:00	6:44
19	10.7	8:01	6:44
20	10.7	8:01	6:43
21	10.7	8:02	6:43
22	10.7	8:02	6:42
23	10.7	8:03	6:42
24	10.6	8:03	6:42
25	10.6	8:04	6:41
26	10.6	8:04	6:41
27	10.6	8:05	6:41
28	10.6	8:05	6:40
29	10.6	8:06	6:40
30	10.6	8:06	6:40
31	10.5	8:07	6:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.97 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 3.33 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)	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.4	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.3	Moderate
17	3.3	Moderate
18	3.3	Moderate
19	3.2	Moderate
20	3.2	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.1	Moderate
23	3.1	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.0	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate
29	3.0	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate
31	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Guarapuava?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.9

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Guarapuava for sightseeing.

What to pack for Guarapuava in May

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

In May, Guarapuava sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Guarapuava in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Guarapuava peaks around January 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 at about 5 (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)	15	15	12	9	7	6	5	7	6	11	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	High	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	5	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	6	High
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Guarapuava 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 Guarapuava is worst in September — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.4× the cleanest month (March, 5 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	6	6	5	6	6	6	7	12	18	10	7	6
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	6	Good
Feb	6	Good
Mar	5	Good
Apr	6	Good
May	6	Good
Jun	6	Good
Jul	7	Good
Aug	12	Good
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	10	Good
Nov	7	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Guarapuava?

Guarapuava sits at 25.4°S, 51.5°W, 1,090 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Pinhão, 39 km away.

Topography around Guarapuava

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guarapuava has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 194 m around an average of 1,071 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 912 m.

The land around Guarapuava is covered by artificial surfaces (63%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

194 m

artificial surfaces 63%

16 km

364 m

trees 51%

80 km

912 m

trees 59%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

May weather nearby: Pinhão 39 km · Prudentópolis 53 km · Cruz Machado 71 km · Pitanga 76 km · Irati 82 km · Bituruna 86 km · Imbituva 88 km · Cândido de Abreu 93 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 Guarapuava (-25.3905°, -51.4654°, elevation 1,090 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).

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	48	37	16
2	49	36	14
3	51	36	13
4	52	36	12
5	53	36	11
6	55	35	10
7	55	35	10
8	56	35	9
9	58	34	8
10	58	34	8
11	60	33	7
12	60	33	7
13	62	32	6
14	62	32	6
15	63	31	6
16	64	31	5
17	65	30	5
18	66	29	5
19	66	29	5
20	67	28	5
21	68	27	5
22	69	26	5
23	69	26	5
24	70	25	5
25	70	25	5
26	70	25	5
27	71	24	5
28	71	24	5
29	70	24	6
30	69	25	6
31	69	25	6

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	48	37	16
2	49	36	14
3	51	36	13
4	52	36	12
5	53	36	11
6	55	35	10
7	55	35	10
8	56	35	9
9	58	34	8
10	58	34	8
11	60	33	7
12	60	33	7
13	62	32	6
14	62	32	6
15	63	31	6
16	64	31	5
17	65	30	5
18	66	29	5
19	66	29	5
20	67	28	5
21	68	27	5
22	69	26	5
23	69	26	5
24	70	25	5
25	70	25	5
26	70	25	5
27	71	24	5
28	71	24	5
29	70	24	6
30	69	25	6
31	69	25	6

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	48	37	16
2	49	36	14
3	51	36	13
4	52	36	12
5	53	36	11
6	55	35	10
7	55	35	10
8	56	35	9
9	58	34	8
10	58	34	8
11	60	33	7
12	60	33	7
13	62	32	6
14	62	32	6
15	63	31	6
16	64	31	5
17	65	30	5
18	66	29	5
19	66	29	5
20	67	28	5
21	68	27	5
22	69	26	5
23	69	26	5
24	70	25	5
25	70	25	5
26	70	25	5
27	71	24	5
28	71	24	5
29	70	24	6
30	69	25	6
31	69	25	6