Igarapé Miri weather in May

In May, Igarapé Miri sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 272 mm of rain across 26.9 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Igarapé Miri's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Igarapé Miri's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
9th warmest
Overnight low
24°
7th coldest
Rainfall
272 mm
26.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:15 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
74%
8th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Igarapé Miri 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Igarapé Miri reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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293124
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313124

How May really feels in Igarapé Miri

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 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
31
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.

Igarapé Miri weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 24°27427.312.12.8
Feb30° / 24°36326.312.12.7
Mar30° / 24°44230.1122.6
Apr30° / 24°41728.9122.6
May30° / 24°27226.911.92.9
Jun31° / 24°10118.611.93.7
Jul31° / 24°6513.611.94.1
Aug32° / 24°328.511.94.2
Sep33° / 24°236.1124.1
Oct33° / 25°297.2123.9
Nov32° / 25°578.612.13.8
Dec32° / 24°13717.312.13.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11090
21189
31288
41387
51486
61684
71783
81882
92080
102179
112377
122476
132674
142773
152872
163070
173070
183268
193268
203367
213466
223466
233664
243763
253763
263961
274060
284159
294357
304456
314555

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Igarapé Miri gets around 272 mm of rain over 26.9 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 86% and peaks near 95% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
195
295
394
494
593
693
792
891
991
1090
1189
1288
1388
1487
1586
1686
1785
1885
1984
2084
2184
2283
2383
2482
2581
2681
2780
2879
2978
3077
3176

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12674
22674
32674
42674
52575
62575
72575
82575
92575
102575
112575
122575
132575
142575
152674
162674
172773
182872
192971
203070
213169
223268
233367
243466
253565
263763
273862
284060
294159
304357
314456

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
196calm
206calm
216calm
226calm
236calm
246calm
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266calm
276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:156:11
211.96:156:11
311.96:156:11
411.96:156:10
511.96:156:10
611.96:156:10
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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 4.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.48 kWh/m² to a high of 6.5 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.75 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
24.5Bright
34.5Bright
44.5Bright
54.6Bright
64.6Bright
74.6Bright
84.6Bright
94.6Bright
104.7Bright
114.7Bright
124.7Bright
134.7Bright
144.8Bright
154.8Bright
164.8Bright
174.8Bright
184.8Bright
194.8Bright
204.8Bright
214.9Bright
224.9Bright
234.9Bright
244.9Bright
254.9Bright
264.9Bright
274.9Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Igarapé Miri

In seasonPeak

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

Igarapé Miri's monsoon runs January–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Igarapé Miri?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Igarapé Miri.

What to pack for Igarapé Miri in May

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

In May, Igarapé Miri sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Igarapé Miri in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Igarapé Miri peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 19 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 17UV 15Jul 19UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Igarapé Miri 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 Igarapé Miri is worst in November — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.6× the cleanest month (June, 10 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateNov 1435 µg/m³Jun 1210 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May11Good
Jun10Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov36Poor
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Igarapé Miri?

Igarapé Miri sits at 2.0°S, 49.0°W, 9 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Moju, 23 km away.

Topography around Igarapé Miri

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Igarapé Miri has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m.

The land around Igarapé Miri is covered by trees (78%) within 3 km, trees (87%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
28 m
16 km
38 m
80 km
65 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Moju 23 km · Abaetetuba 30 km · Limoeiro do Ajuru 48 km · Muaná 57 km · Barcarena 64 km · Ponta de Pedras 66 km · Cametá 67 km · São Sebastião da Boa Vista 70 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 Igarapé Miri (-1.975°, -48.9597°, elevation 9 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).