Jaicós weather in May

In May, Jaicós sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 30 mm of rain across 4.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Jaicós's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jaicós's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
30 mm
4.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:51 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover
57%
7th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Jaicós 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 33°C through the month.

A typical May day in Jaicós reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C warmer than April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Jaicós

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.

Jaicós weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 24°1241612.42.9
Feb32° / 23°12615.712.23.2
Mar32° / 23°14018.2123.3
Apr32° / 23°8211.211.83.7
May33° / 23°304.711.73.9
Jun33° / 22°40.911.64.5
Jul33° / 21°30.611.64.5
Aug34° / 22°10.111.83.9
Sep36° / 23°10.1122.8
Oct37° / 25°71.612.22.1
Nov36° / 26°213.812.32.2
Dec35° / 25°487.312.42.7

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 23% 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 (%)
14555
24555
34654
44654
54654
64654
74852
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125149
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Jaicós gets around 30 mm of rain over 4.7 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 15% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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520
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719
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1115
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2114
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309
318

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 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 66% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12165428
22165527
32175526
42185624
52195623
62205622
72215621
82225719
92245618
102255617
113265516
123275515
133285514
143295513
153295612
163305512
173315511
183325411
193335311
203345310
213355210
22336529
23338509
24439498
25441488
26442467
27444457
28546436
29548426
30550405
31652384

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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 5:49 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 5:34 PM to 5:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:495:34
211.75:495:34
311.75:505:33
411.75:505:33
511.75:505:33
611.75:505:33
711.75:505:32
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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 5.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.96 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.02 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Jaicós

In seasonPeak

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

Jaicós'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 Jaicós?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Jaicós. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Jaicós in May

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

In May, Jaicós sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Jaicós 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 Jaicós peaks around March 10 at about 15 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 10UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Jaicós?

Jaicós sits at 7.4°S, 41.1°W, 290 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Picos, 48 km away.

Topography around Jaicós

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jaicós has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 302 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 222 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 694 m.

The land around Jaicós is covered by shrubs (58%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, shrubs (79%) within 16 km, and shrubs (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
96 m
16 km
222 m
80 km
694 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Picos 48 km · Araripina 75 km · Salitre 76 km · Pio IX 82 km · Ipueiras 84 km · Paulistana 87 km · Campos Sales 90 km · Trindade 106 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 Jaicós (-7.3592°, -41.1378°, elevation 290 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).