Laje weather in May

In May, Laje sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 58 mm of rain across 16.4 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 10th-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 14% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Laje's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Laje's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 58 mm; 16.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 5:52 AM – 5:16 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 10th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3.74 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

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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 Laje reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19

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

How May really feels in Laje

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Laje weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 21°	86	18.4	12.7	4.4
Feb	29° / 21°	67	17	12.4	4.3
Mar	29° / 21°	82	19.9	12.1	4.2
Apr	28° / 21°	75	20.1	11.7	4.6
May	27° / 20°	58	16.4	11.4	5.5
Jun	25° / 19°	59	18.2	11.2	5.5
Jul	25° / 18°	64	18.2	11.3	5.7
Aug	25° / 18°	59	18.1	11.6	5.7
Sep	26° / 18°	51	15.5	11.9	5.8
Oct	27° / 20°	58	15.8	12.3	5.6
Nov	28° / 20°	87	16.4	12.6	5.0
Dec	29° / 21°	82	15.1	12.8	4.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

	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 (%)	46	45	45	44	44	42	43	42	42	40	39	40	39	39	40	39	40	41	41	42	42	43	44	44	45	44	45	46	46	46	46
Cloudier (%)	54	55	55	56	56	58	57	58	58	60	61	60	61	61	60	61	60	59	59	58	58	57	56	56	55	56	55	54	54	54	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	40	60
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	43	57
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Laje gets around 58 mm of rain over 16.4 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 54% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	61	61	60	59	58	57	56	55	55	54	54	53	53	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	53	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	60
4	59
5	58
6	57
7	56
8	55
9	55
10	54
11	54
12	53
13	53
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	52
20	52
21	52
22	52
23	51
24	51
25	51
26	51
27	52
28	52
29	52
30	53
31	53

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 66% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 92% of them.

	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
Humid (%)	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Muggy (%)	54	55	56	58	59	60	61	62	62	64	64	65	65	66	66	66	67	66	67	68	68	69	70	72	73	74	75	76	76	77	78
Oppressive (%)	44	43	41	39	37	36	34	33	32	30	29	28	27	26	25	25	24	24	23	22	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	54	44
2	2	55	43
3	3	56	41
4	3	58	39
5	4	59	37
6	4	60	36
7	5	61	34
8	5	62	33
9	6	62	32
10	6	64	30
11	7	64	29
12	7	65	28
13	8	65	27
14	8	66	26
15	9	66	25
16	9	66	25
17	9	67	24
18	10	66	24
19	10	67	23
20	10	68	22
21	10	68	22
22	10	69	21
23	10	70	20
24	9	72	19
25	9	73	18
26	9	74	17
27	9	75	16
28	9	76	15
29	10	76	14
30	10	77	13
31	10	78	12

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	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
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
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24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

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 5:49 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 5:21 PM to 5:14 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)	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56
Sunset (PM)	5:21	5:21	5:20	5:20	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:18	5:18	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	5:49	5:21
2	11.5	5:49	5:21
3	11.5	5:49	5:20
4	11.5	5:49	5:20
5	11.5	5:50	5:19
6	11.5	5:50	5:19
7	11.5	5:50	5:19
8	11.5	5:50	5:18
9	11.5	5:50	5:18
10	11.4	5:51	5:17
11	11.4	5:51	5:17
12	11.4	5:51	5:17
13	11.4	5:51	5:17
14	11.4	5:52	5:16
15	11.4	5:52	5:16
16	11.4	5:52	5:16
17	11.4	5:52	5:15
18	11.4	5:53	5:15
19	11.4	5:53	5:15
20	11.4	5:53	5:15
21	11.4	5:54	5:15
22	11.3	5:54	5:15
23	11.3	5:54	5:14
24	11.3	5:54	5:14
25	11.3	5:55	5:14
26	11.3	5:55	5:14
27	11.3	5:55	5:14
28	11.3	5:56	5:14
29	11.3	5:56	5:14
30	11.3	5:56	5:14
31	11.3	5:56	5:14

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.34 kWh/m² to a high of 5.73 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 3.74 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)	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
Level	Bright	Bright	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	4.0	Bright
2	4.0	Bright
3	4.0	Moderate
4	4.0	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.7	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.7	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.6	Moderate
25	3.6	Moderate
26	3.6	Moderate
27	3.5	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Laje?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

5.4

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Laje for sightseeing.

What to pack for Laje in May

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

In May, Laje sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 20°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

Sea temperature near Laje in May

The nearest coast averages about 27°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 60 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	27	28	28	28	27	26	26	25	26	26	27	27
Comfort	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	27	Warm
Feb	28	Warm
Mar	28	Tropical
Apr	28	Tropical
May	27	Warm
Jun	26	Warm
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	26	Warm
Oct	26	Warm
Nov	27	Warm
Dec	27	Warm

UV index in Laje 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 Laje peaks around February 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very high).

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)	14	15	14	12	9	9	9	10	11	13	14	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Laje?

Laje sits at 13.2°S, 39.4°W, 180 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Mutuípe, 10 km away.

Topography around Laje

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Laje has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 229 m around an average of 227 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 461 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 970 m.

The land around Laje is covered by grassland (64%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (49%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and grassland (42%) within 80 km.

3 km

229 m

grassland 64%

16 km

461 m

trees 50%

80 km

970 m

trees 46%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermangroves

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

May weather nearby: Mutuípe 10 km · Amargosa 26 km · Ubaíra 27 km · Santo Antônio de Jesus 30 km · Presidente Tancredo Neves 30 km · Valença 43 km · Castro Alves 46 km · Teolândia 47 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 Laje (-13.1822°, -39.425°, elevation 180 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	40	60
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	43	57
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	60
4	59
5	58
6	57
7	56
8	55
9	55
10	54
11	54
12	53
13	53
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	52
20	52
21	52
22	52
23	51
24	51
25	51
26	51
27	52
28	52
29	52
30	53
31	53

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	54	44
2	2	55	43
3	3	56	41
4	3	58	39
5	4	59	37
6	4	60	36
7	5	61	34
8	5	62	33
9	6	62	32
10	6	64	30
11	7	64	29
12	7	65	28
13	8	65	27
14	8	66	26
15	9	66	25
16	9	66	25
17	9	67	24
18	10	66	24
19	10	67	23
20	10	68	22
21	10	68	22
22	10	69	21
23	10	70	20
24	9	72	19
25	9	73	18
26	9	74	17
27	9	75	16
28	9	76	15
29	10	76	14
30	10	77	13
31	10	78	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	40	60
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	43	57
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	60
4	59
5	58
6	57
7	56
8	55
9	55
10	54
11	54
12	53
13	53
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	52
20	52
21	52
22	52
23	51
24	51
25	51
26	51
27	52
28	52
29	52
30	53
31	53

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	54	44
2	2	55	43
3	3	56	41
4	3	58	39
5	4	59	37
6	4	60	36
7	5	61	34
8	5	62	33
9	6	62	32
10	6	64	30
11	7	64	29
12	7	65	28
13	8	65	27
14	8	66	26
15	9	66	25
16	9	66	25
17	9	67	24
18	10	66	24
19	10	67	23
20	10	68	22
21	10	68	22
22	10	69	21
23	10	70	20
24	9	72	19
25	9	73	18
26	9	74	17
27	9	75	16
28	9	76	15
29	10	76	14
30	10	77	13
31	10	78	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	40	60
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	43	57
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	60
4	59
5	58
6	57
7	56
8	55
9	55
10	54
11	54
12	53
13	53
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	52
20	52
21	52
22	52
23	51
24	51
25	51
26	51
27	52
28	52
29	52
30	53
31	53

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	54	44
2	2	55	43
3	3	56	41
4	3	58	39
5	4	59	37
6	4	60	36
7	5	61	34
8	5	62	33
9	6	62	32
10	6	64	30
11	7	64	29
12	7	65	28
13	8	65	27
14	8	66	26
15	9	66	25
16	9	66	25
17	9	67	24
18	10	66	24
19	10	67	23
20	10	68	22
21	10	68	22
22	10	69	21
23	10	70	20
24	9	72	19
25	9	73	18
26	9	74	17
27	9	75	16
28	9	76	15
29	10	76	14
30	10	77	13
31	10	78	12