Lavras da Mangabeira weather in May

In May, Lavras da Mangabeira sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 53 mm of rain across 7.4 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 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Lavras da Mangabeira's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lavras da Mangabeira's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
10th warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
53 mm
7.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:41 AM – 5:23 PM
Cloud cover
55%
8th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Lavras da Mangabeira is 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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Lavras da Mangabeira reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13123
23123
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43123
53223
63223
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How May really feels in Lavras da Mangabeira

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.

Lavras da Mangabeira 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
Jan33° / 24°1201512.32.9
Feb33° / 23°12715.612.23.1
Mar32° / 23°17320123.2
Apr32° / 23°11315.711.93.6
May32° / 23°537.411.74.5
Jun32° / 22°193.211.64.9
Jul32° / 21°61.411.64.9
Aug33° / 22°30.411.84.3
Sep35° / 23°20.4123.3
Oct36° / 24°71.112.22.7
Nov36° / 25°91.712.32.6
Dec35° / 25°335.312.42.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24951
34951
45050
55050
65149
75149
85347
95347
105446
115446
125545
135644
145644
155743
165743
175842
185842
195941
205941
216040
226040
236040
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315941

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lavras da Mangabeira gets around 53 mm of rain over 7.4 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 25% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
139
237
336
434
533
631
730
829
927
1026
1125
1224
1324
1423
1523
1623
1723
1822
1922
2022
2122
2221
2321
2420
2520
2619
2719
2818
2918
3017
3116

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 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 88% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1034156
2044254
3044353
4044452
5054549
6054648
7064746
8164845
9174943
10175141
11185140
12185338
13195337
14195436
151105435
161105534
171115533
181125631
191125730
201135729
211145728
221155727
231155925
241165924
251175923
261185922
271195921
281196119
291206118
301216216
311226215

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 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
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
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69calm
79calm
810calm
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3112calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 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 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:40 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 5:26 PM to 5:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:405:26
211.85:405:26
311.85:405:25
411.85:405:25
511.75:405:25
611.75:405:25
711.75:405:24
811.75:405:24
911.75:415:24
1011.75:415:24
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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 5.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.82 kWh/m² to a high of 7.1 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.05 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
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45.2Bright
55.2Bright
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95.1Bright
105.1Bright
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165.1Bright
175.1Bright
185.0Bright
195.0Bright
205.0Bright
215.0Bright
225.0Bright
235.0Bright
245.0Bright
255.0Bright
264.9Bright
274.9Bright
284.9Bright
294.9Bright
304.9Bright
314.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Lavras da Mangabeira

In seasonPeak

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

Lavras da Mangabeira'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 Lavras da Mangabeira?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Lavras da Mangabeira in May

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

In May, Lavras da Mangabeira sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Lavras da Mangabeira 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 Lavras da Mangabeira peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 15 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 13UV 15Jul 15UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Lavras da Mangabeira?

Lavras da Mangabeira sits at 6.8°S, 39.0°W, 241 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Cedro, 20 km away.

Topography around Lavras da Mangabeira

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lavras da Mangabeira has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m around an average of 247 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 396 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 846 m.

The land around Lavras da Mangabeira is covered by grassland (43%) and shrubs (39%) within 3 km, shrubs (63%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and shrubs (54%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
89 m
16 km
396 m
80 km
846 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Cedro 20 km · Aurora 21 km · Várzea Alegre 37 km · Icó 41 km · Cajazeiras 48 km · Caririaçu 48 km · Barro 51 km · Orós 57 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 Lavras da Mangabeira (-6.7533°, -38.9644°, elevation 241 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).