Jaboatão dos Guararapes weather in May

In May, Jaboatão dos Guararapes sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 114 mm of rain across 23.2 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Jaboatão dos Guararapes's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jaboatão dos Guararapes's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
8th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
114 mm
23.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
5:27 AM – 5:05 PM
Cloud cover
58%
10th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Jaboatão dos Guararapes 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 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Jaboatão dos Guararapes reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°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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22924
32924
42924
52924
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How May really feels in Jaboatão dos Guararapes

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 15 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
15
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.

Jaboatão dos Guararapes weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 24°5417.212.44.0
Feb31° / 24°6016.412.33.8
Mar31° / 24°7818.912.13.8
Apr30° / 24°10320.611.83.8
May29° / 23°11423.211.64.0
Jun28° / 22°13023.511.54.5
Jul27° / 22°11723.511.64.7
Aug27° / 21°6920.111.75.1
Sep28° / 22°4315.5125.4
Oct29° / 23°3112.512.25.2
Nov30° / 23°2610.812.44.9
Dec31° / 24°3212.512.54.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 30% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25050
35050
45050
55050
65149
75149
85347
95347
105446
115545
125743
135743
145743
155842
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Jaboatão dos Guararapes gets around 114 mm of rain over 23.2 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 74% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
169
269
370
470
570
671
771
872
972
1073
1173
1274
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1474
1575
1675
1776
1876
1977
2077
2177
2277
2378
2478
2578
2678
2777
2877
2977
3077
3177

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 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12935
22935
32926
42926
52926
62935
72935
82935
92935
102935
112944
122944
132944
143943
153943
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193952
204951
214951
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234951
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255941
265941
276931
286931
297921
307921
318911

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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411calm
511calm
611calm
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811calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 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 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:26 AM to 5:30 AM, and sunset from 5:09 PM to 5:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:265:09
211.75:265:08
311.75:265:08
411.75:265:08
511.75:265:08
611.75:265:07
711.75:265:07
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911.75:265:07
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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 4.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.12 kWh/m² to a high of 6.05 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.5 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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34.7Bright
44.7Bright
54.7Bright
64.7Bright
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174.5Bright
184.5Bright
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204.4Bright
214.4Bright
224.4Bright
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244.4Bright
254.3Bright
264.3Bright
274.3Bright
284.3Bright
294.3Bright
304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Jaboatão dos Guararapes

In seasonPeak

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

Jaboatão dos Guararapes's rainy season runs February–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 Jaboatão dos Guararapes?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Jaboatão dos Guararapes for sightseeing.

What to pack for Jaboatão dos Guararapes in May

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

In May, Jaboatão dos Guararapes sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Jaboatão dos Guararapes 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 15 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

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

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec28Warm

UV index in Jaboatão dos Guararapes 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 Jaboatão dos Guararapes peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 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 14UV 15Jul 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Jaboatão dos Guararapes?

Jaboatão dos Guararapes sits at 8.1°S, 35.0°W, 48 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Moreno, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Jaboatão dos Guararapes

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jaboatão dos Guararapes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m around an average of 68 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 318 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 829 m.

The land around Jaboatão dos Guararapes is covered by trees (58%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (39%), grassland (26%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
101 m
16 km
318 m
80 km
829 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
May weather nearby: Moreno 9.0 km · Camaragibe 11 km · São Lourenço da Mata 12 km · Recife 16 km · Cabo de Santo Agostinho 20 km · Olinda 21 km · Paulista 25 km · Abreu e Lima 26 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 Jaboatão dos Guararapes (-8.1128°, -35.0147°, elevation 48 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).