Itapagé weather in May

In May, Itapagé sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 85 mm of rain across 15.3 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Itapagé's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Itapagé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
10th warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
85 mm
15.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:40 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover
59%
8th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Itapagé 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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Itapagé reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°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 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 Itapagé

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.

Itapagé weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 24°9215.912.23.4
Feb31° / 24°12518.912.13.3
Mar30° / 23°18324.3123.2
Apr30° / 23°19423.311.93.3
May31° / 23°8515.311.84.2
Jun31° / 23°286.911.84.9
Jul32° / 23°153.111.85.0
Aug33° / 23°40.711.94.6
Sep34° / 24°20.2124.2
Oct34° / 24°30.612.14.0
Nov34° / 24°5112.24.0
Dec33° / 24°224.912.23.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23664
33862
43961
54159
64357
74357
84456
94753
104753
114852
125050
135050
145050
155149
165347
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185446
195545
205644
215743
225743
235842
246040
256139
266139
276238
286337
296436
306535
316535

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Itapagé gets around 85 mm of rain over 15.3 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 49% and peaks near 66% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
166
264
363
461
559
658
756
855
954
1052
1151
1251
1350
1449
1549
1649
1748
1848
1947
2046
2146
2245
2344
2443
2542
2641
2740
2839
2938
3036
3135

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 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
101963
202953
302953
402953
502953
602953
703943
803943
903943
1003943
1103943
1203943
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2004933
2105923
2205932
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2406922
2507912
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28010891
29011881
30113851
31114841

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 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 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 5:39 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 5:32 PM to 5:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.95:395:32
211.95:395:32
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511.95:395:31
611.95:395:31
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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 4.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.77 kWh/m² to a high of 6.76 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.96 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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44.8Bright
54.8Bright
64.9Bright
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84.9Bright
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104.9Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Itapagé

In seasonPeak

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

Itapagé's monsoon runs January–April, 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 Itapagé?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Itapagé for sightseeing.

What to pack for Itapagé in May

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

In May, Itapagé sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Itapagé in May

The nearest coast averages about 29°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 62 km away) is warmest in March at about 29°C and coldest in August near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Tropical
Jul27Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Itapagé 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 Itapagé peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 16UV 15Jun 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Itapagé?

Itapagé sits at 3.7°S, 39.6°W, 267 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Uruburetama, 11 km away.

Topography around Itapagé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Itapagé has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 485 m around an average of 339 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 995 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,065 m.

The land around Itapagé is covered by grassland (48%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, trees (47%), shrubs (26%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and shrubs (55%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
485 m
16 km
995 m
80 km
1,065 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Uruburetama 11 km · Turaru 20 km · Itapipoca 21 km · Irauçuba 23 km · Umirim 26 km · Tejuçuoca 34 km · Pentecoste 37 km · Amontada 45 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 Itapagé (-3.6867°, -39.5861°, elevation 267 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).