Ipueiras weather in May

In May, Ipueiras sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 38 mm of rain across 5.6 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-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 27% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Ipueiras's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ipueiras's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
21°
5th coldest
Rainfall
38 mm
5.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:48 AM – 5:28 PM
Cloud cover
57%
7th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Ipueiras 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 Ipueiras reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Ipueiras

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Ipueiras weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°11814.812.43.9
Feb30° / 22°12215.612.24.0
Mar30° / 22°15918.3124.1
Apr30° / 21°9212.411.84.6
May30° / 21°385.611.75.4
Jun30° / 20°71.511.66.0
Jul30° / 20°50.911.66.1
Aug32° / 20°10.211.85.5
Sep33° / 21°10.3124.4
Oct34° / 22°61.212.23.7
Nov34° / 23°132.212.33.7
Dec33° / 23°335.812.43.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ipueiras gets around 38 mm of rain over 5.6 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 18% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 65% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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32186812
42196712
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62216611
72226610
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9225649
10226639
11227638
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Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 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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Sunrise & sunset in May

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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 5:46 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 5:32 PM to 5:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:465:32
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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 4.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.87 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.92 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ipueiras

In seasonPeak

None of Ipueiras's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Ipueiras's rainy season runs January–April, 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 Ipueiras?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ipueiras in May

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

In May, Ipueiras sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

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UV index in Ipueiras in May

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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 Ipueiras peaks around March 11 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 11UV 16Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Ipueiras?

Ipueiras sits at 7.0°S, 40.5°W, 558 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Campos Sales, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Ipueiras

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ipueiras has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m around an average of 562 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 254 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 664 m.

The land around Ipueiras is covered by shrubs (78%) within 3 km, shrubs (81%) within 16 km, and shrubs (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
132 m
16 km
254 m
80 km
664 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcropland
May weather nearby: Campos Sales 9.0 km · Salitre 28 km · Pio IX 28 km · Araripe 40 km · Araripina 61 km · Assaré 66 km · Ipubi 76 km · Santana do Cariri 81 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 Ipueiras (-7.0333°, -40.45°, elevation 558 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).