Lages weather in May

In May, Lages sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 131 mm of rain across 10.4 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of May to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Lages's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lages's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 131 mm; 10.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 7:59 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 5th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 2.91 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Lages is settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical May day in Lages reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	11
2	20	11
3	20	11
4	19	11
5	19	10
6	19	10
7	19	10
8	19	10
9	19	10
10	19	10
11	19	10
12	18	10
13	18	10
14	18	10
15	18	10
16	18	9
17	18	9
18	18	9
19	18	9
20	17	9
21	17	9
22	17	9
23	17	9
24	17	9
25	17	8
26	17	8
27	17	8
28	17	8
29	17	8
30	17	8
31	17	8

Lages weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 16°	194	19.4	13.6	5.2
Feb	25° / 16°	166	18.1	13	5.2
Mar	24° / 15°	129	15.5	12.2	5.9
Apr	22° / 13°	99	10.3	11.4	6.4
May	18° / 9°	131	10.4	10.6	5.7
Jun	17° / 8°	131	10.2	10.3	5.2
Jul	16° / 7°	123	10.3	10.4	5.2
Aug	18° / 8°	113	9.1	11	6.1
Sep	19° / 10°	166	12.1	11.8	5.8
Oct	21° / 12°	195	15.5	12.7	5.5
Nov	23° / 13°	146	15	13.4	5.9
Dec	25° / 15°	168	16.6	13.7	5.7

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 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	40	40	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	45	44	44
Cloudier (%)	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	60	60	60	60	59	59	58	58	57	57	56	55	56	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lages gets around 131 mm of rain over 10.4 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 33% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	33
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	33

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 71% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	56	57	59	60	62	62	64	65	66	67	68	68	70	70	71	71	72	72	73	74	74	75	76	76	78	78	79	79	79	80	80
Comfortable (%)	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	24	23	23	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18
Humid (%)	11	10	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	56	33	11
2	57	33	10
3	59	32	9
4	60	32	8
5	62	31	7
6	62	31	7
7	64	30	6
8	65	30	5
9	66	29	5
10	67	29	4
11	68	28	4
12	68	28	4
13	70	27	3
14	70	27	3
15	71	26	3
16	71	26	3
17	72	25	3
18	72	25	3
19	73	24	3
20	74	23	3
21	74	23	3
22	75	22	3
23	76	21	3
24	76	21	3
25	78	20	2
26	78	20	2
27	79	19	2
28	79	19	2
29	79	19	2
30	80	18	2
31	80	18	2

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of May to 10 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:50 AM to 8:07 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 6:30 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:50	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:52	7:53	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:55	7:56	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:58	7:59	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:01	8:02	8:02	8:03	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:05	8:06	8:06	8:07	8:07
Sunset (PM)	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	7:50	6:47
2	10.9	7:50	6:46
3	10.9	7:51	6:45
4	10.9	7:52	6:45
5	10.9	7:52	6:44
6	10.8	7:53	6:43
7	10.8	7:53	6:42
8	10.8	7:54	6:42
9	10.8	7:55	6:41
10	10.7	7:55	6:40
11	10.7	7:56	6:39
12	10.7	7:56	6:39
13	10.7	7:57	6:38
14	10.7	7:58	6:38
15	10.6	7:58	6:37
16	10.6	7:59	6:36
17	10.6	7:59	6:36
18	10.6	8:00	6:35
19	10.6	8:01	6:35
20	10.6	8:01	6:34
21	10.5	8:02	6:34
22	10.5	8:02	6:33
23	10.5	8:03	6:33
24	10.5	8:03	6:32
25	10.5	8:04	6:32
26	10.5	8:05	6:32
27	10.4	8:05	6:31
28	10.4	8:06	6:31
29	10.4	8:06	6:31
30	10.4	8:07	6:30
31	10.4	8:07	6:30

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 2.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.95 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 2.91 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.2	Moderate
6	3.2	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.8	Moderate
20	2.8	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.7	Moderate
23	2.7	Moderate
24	2.7	Moderate
25	2.7	Moderate
26	2.7	Moderate
27	2.7	Moderate
28	2.7	Moderate
29	2.7	Moderate
30	2.7	Moderate
31	2.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Lages?

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

5.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Lages for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lages in May

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

In May, Lages sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Lages in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lages peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 4 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	14	11	9	6	4	5	6	8	9	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Lages in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Lages is worst in August — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (March, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	7	6	6	7	6	6	9	16	14	8	7	7
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	6	Good
Mar	6	Good
Apr	7	Good
May	6	Good
Jun	6	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	8	Good
Nov	7	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Lages?

Lages sits at 27.8°S, 50.3°W, 917 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Correia Pinto, 26 km away.

Topography around Lages

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lages has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m around an average of 909 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 431 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,396 m.

The land around Lages is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

166 m

artificial surfaces 62%

16 km

431 m

trees 51%

80 km

1,396 m

trees 57%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← April Lages year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Correia Pinto 26 km · Otacílio Costa 42 km · Curitibanos 65 km · São Joaquim 66 km · Pouso Redondo 73 km · Ituporanga 84 km · Taió 84 km · Rio do Sul 95 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

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 Lages (-27.8161°, -50.3261°, elevation 917 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	11
2	20	11
3	20	11
4	19	11
5	19	10
6	19	10
7	19	10
8	19	10
9	19	10
10	19	10
11	19	10
12	18	10
13	18	10
14	18	10
15	18	10
16	18	9
17	18	9
18	18	9
19	18	9
20	17	9
21	17	9
22	17	9
23	17	9
24	17	9
25	17	8
26	17	8
27	17	8
28	17	8
29	17	8
30	17	8
31	17	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	33
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	56	33	11
2	57	33	10
3	59	32	9
4	60	32	8
5	62	31	7
6	62	31	7
7	64	30	6
8	65	30	5
9	66	29	5
10	67	29	4
11	68	28	4
12	68	28	4
13	70	27	3
14	70	27	3
15	71	26	3
16	71	26	3
17	72	25	3
18	72	25	3
19	73	24	3
20	74	23	3
21	74	23	3
22	75	22	3
23	76	21	3
24	76	21	3
25	78	20	2
26	78	20	2
27	79	19	2
28	79	19	2
29	79	19	2
30	80	18	2
31	80	18	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	11
2	20	11
3	20	11
4	19	11
5	19	10
6	19	10
7	19	10
8	19	10
9	19	10
10	19	10
11	19	10
12	18	10
13	18	10
14	18	10
15	18	10
16	18	9
17	18	9
18	18	9
19	18	9
20	17	9
21	17	9
22	17	9
23	17	9
24	17	9
25	17	8
26	17	8
27	17	8
28	17	8
29	17	8
30	17	8
31	17	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	33
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	56	33	11
2	57	33	10
3	59	32	9
4	60	32	8
5	62	31	7
6	62	31	7
7	64	30	6
8	65	30	5
9	66	29	5
10	67	29	4
11	68	28	4
12	68	28	4
13	70	27	3
14	70	27	3
15	71	26	3
16	71	26	3
17	72	25	3
18	72	25	3
19	73	24	3
20	74	23	3
21	74	23	3
22	75	22	3
23	76	21	3
24	76	21	3
25	78	20	2
26	78	20	2
27	79	19	2
28	79	19	2
29	79	19	2
30	80	18	2
31	80	18	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	11
2	20	11
3	20	11
4	19	11
5	19	10
6	19	10
7	19	10
8	19	10
9	19	10
10	19	10
11	19	10
12	18	10
13	18	10
14	18	10
15	18	10
16	18	9
17	18	9
18	18	9
19	18	9
20	17	9
21	17	9
22	17	9
23	17	9
24	17	9
25	17	8
26	17	8
27	17	8
28	17	8
29	17	8
30	17	8
31	17	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	33
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	56	33	11
2	57	33	10
3	59	32	9
4	60	32	8
5	62	31	7
6	62	31	7
7	64	30	6
8	65	30	5
9	66	29	5
10	67	29	4
11	68	28	4
12	68	28	4
13	70	27	3
14	70	27	3
15	71	26	3
16	71	26	3
17	72	25	3
18	72	25	3
19	73	24	3
20	74	23	3
21	74	23	3
22	75	22	3
23	76	21	3
24	76	21	3
25	78	20	2
26	78	20	2
27	79	19	2
28	79	19	2
29	79	19	2
30	80	18	2
31	80	18	2