Jardim weather in May

In May, Jardim sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 64 mm of rain across 11 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 Jardim's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jardim's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
10th warmest
Overnight low
20°
5th coldest
Rainfall
64 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:44 AM – 5:23 PM
Cloud cover
62%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Jardim reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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42920
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How May really feels in Jardim

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.

Jardim 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
Jan30° / 21°13815.812.44.1
Feb30° / 21°15116.512.24.1
Mar29° / 21°18119.412.14.2
Apr29° / 21°1201511.84.8
May28° / 20°641111.75.7
Jun28° / 19°235.911.67.0
Jul28° / 18°154.611.67.3
Aug29° / 18°7211.86.8
Sep31° / 19°41125.6
Oct32° / 21°142.212.24.6
Nov32° / 22°223.812.34.3
Dec32° / 22°436.512.44.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24159
34159
44159
54159
64357
74357
84456
94555
104555
114654
124654
134753
144753
154753
164852
174951
184951
195050
205050
215149
225050
235149
245149
255149
265149
275248
285248
295347
305347
315248

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Jardim gets around 64 mm of rain over 11 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 35% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
142
241
340
440
539
638
738
837
936
1036
1135
1235
1335
1434
1535
1635
1735
1835
1935
2035
2134
2234
2334
2433
2533
2632
2732
2831
2930
3029
3128

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 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 66% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1223696
2223696
3224695
4224695
5225685
6226675
7227665
8227665
9228655
10228664
11229654
12229654
13230644
14230644
15231634
16231634
17232633
18232633
19233623
20233623
21234622
22235612
23236602
24236602
25237601
26239581
27240571
28341551
29342541
30343531
31345520

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 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
110calm
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410calm
510calm
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910calm
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3012calm
3112light breeze

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 5:42 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 5:26 PM to 5:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:425:26
211.75:425:26
311.75:425:26
411.75:425:26
511.75:425:25
611.75:435:25
711.75:435:25
811.75:435:25
911.75:435:24
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3111.65:475:22

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.37 kWh/m² to a high of 6.85 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.69 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
24.9Bright
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44.9Bright
54.9Bright
64.9Bright
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144.7Bright
154.7Bright
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184.7Bright
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204.6Bright
214.6Bright
224.6Bright
234.6Bright
244.6Bright
254.5Bright
264.5Bright
274.5Bright
284.5Bright
294.5Bright
304.5Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Jardim

In seasonPeak

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

Jardim'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 Jardim?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
6.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Jardim in May

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

In May, Jardim sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Jardim 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 Jardim peaks around March 12 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 12UV 15Jul 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Jardim?

Jardim sits at 7.6°S, 39.3°W, 695 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Porteiras, 19 km away.

Topography around Jardim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jardim has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 267 m around an average of 764 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 490 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 747 m.

The land around Jardim is covered by grassland (38%), trees (28%) and shrubs (25%) within 3 km, shrubs (54%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and shrubs (60%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
267 m
16 km
490 m
80 km
747 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Porteiras 19 km · Barbalha 30 km · Brejo Santo 34 km · Serrita 39 km · Missão Velha 40 km · Crato 41 km · Juazeiro do Norte 41 km · Milagres 48 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 Jardim (-7.5817°, -39.2835°, elevation 695 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).