Itaparica weather in May

In May, Itaparica sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 179 mm of rain across 22.7 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°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 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Itaparica's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Itaparica's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
8th warmest
Overnight low
24°
6th coldest
Rainfall
179 mm
22.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
5:49 AM – 5:13 PM
Cloud cover
55%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Itaparica is 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 27°C through the month.

A typical May day in Itaparica reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Itaparica

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.

Itaparica weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 25°7716.612.75.0
Feb29° / 25°6817.312.44.6
Mar29° / 25°9619.912.14.5
Apr28° / 25°15423.411.74.3
May27° / 24°17922.711.44.8
Jun26° / 23°16123.411.34.8
Jul25° / 22°12823.611.35.0
Aug25° / 22°9721.211.65.3
Sep26° / 23°7617.211.95.8
Oct27° / 24°6814.412.36.1
Nov28° / 24°721412.65.8
Dec28° / 25°5712.512.75.5

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 29% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
25842
35842
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55842
65842
75842
85743
95743
105743
115644
125644
135644
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Itaparica gets around 179 mm of rain over 22.7 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 74% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
179
279
379
478
578
678
778
877
977
1076
1176
1276
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1474
1574
1673
1773
1872
1972
2071
2171
2270
2370
2470
2570
2670
2770
2871
2971
3072
3173

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 86% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
128216
228315
338314
438314
538413
638512
748412
848511
948511
1048511
1158510
1258510
135869
145869
155869
165878
176868
186868
196868
206877
216877
226877
236886
247876
257876
267885
278875
288884
299874
309883
3110873

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 18 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 5:45 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 5:18 PM to 5:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.55:455:18
211.55:465:18
311.55:465:17
411.55:465:17
511.55:465:17
611.55:465:16
711.55:475:16
811.55:475:16
911.55:475:15
1011.55:475:15
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1211.45:485:14
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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 4.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.88 kWh/m² to a high of 6.51 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 4.26 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
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44.5Bright
54.5Bright
64.4Bright
74.4Bright
84.4Bright
94.4Bright
104.3Bright
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144.3Bright
154.3Bright
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174.2Bright
184.2Bright
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204.2Bright
214.2Bright
224.2Bright
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244.1Bright
254.1Bright
264.1Bright
274.1Bright
284.1Bright
294.0Bright
304.0Bright
314.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Itaparica

In seasonPeak

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

Itaparica's rainy season runs March–August, 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 Itaparica?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Itaparica for sightseeing.

What to pack for Itaparica in May

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

In May, Itaparica sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 24°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 23 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

Sea temperature near Itaparica 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 27 km away) is warmest in March at about 28°C and coldest in August near 25°C.

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

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Warm
Mar28Tropical
Apr28Tropical
May28Warm
Jun26Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec27Warm

UV index in Itaparica in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Itaparica peaks around February 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 17UV 14Jun 23UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Itaparica?

Itaparica sits at 12.9°S, 38.7°W, 20 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Vera Cruz, 11 km away.

Topography around Itaparica

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Itaparica has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 473 m.

The land around Itaparica is covered by water (73%) within 3 km, water (72%) within 16 km, and water (34%), grassland (33%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
59 m
16 km
169 m
80 km
473 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
May weather nearby: Vera Cruz 11 km · Madre de Deus 18 km · Salvador 23 km · Candeias 28 km · Maragogipe 29 km · São Francisco do Conde 29 km · Simões Filho 32 km · Jaguaripe 34 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 Itaparica (-12.8883°, -38.6786°, elevation 20 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).