Lençóis Paulista weather in May

In May, Lençóis Paulista sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 57 mm of rain across 6 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in May, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of May to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Lençóis Paulista's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lençóis Paulista's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
10th warmest
Overnight low
16°
4th coldest
Rainfall
57 mm
6 wet days
Daylight
10 h 54 min
7:44 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover
49%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
3.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.6
out of 10

Lençóis Paulista 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

Highs ease over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Lençóis Paulista reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C cooler than April and on par with June.

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Lençóis Paulista weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 21°24522.313.23.7
Feb30° / 21°17518.712.83.9
Mar29° / 20°12716.412.24.6
Apr28° / 18°567.111.56.5
May25° / 16°57610.97.6
Jun25° / 15°424.410.68.1
Jul25° / 14°313.710.88.2
Aug27° / 15°343.911.27.8
Sep29° / 17°667.611.96.2
Oct29° / 18°1121212.55.0
Nov29° / 19°14714.813.14.6
Dec30° / 20°18419.413.44.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16733
26733
36535
46535
56436
66337
76238
86040
96040
105941
115842
125842
135743
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155644
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lençóis Paulista gets around 57 mm of rain over 6 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 20% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the comfortable band about 38% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 6% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
113324114
214334112
315344011
416354010
51735399
61736398
71837387
81838377
91939366
101939366
111940356
122041345
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282935314
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303034314
313133324

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 10 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 12 min at the start of May to 10 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:37 AM to 7:51 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 6:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.27:376:48
211.27:386:47
311.17:386:46
411.17:386:46
511.17:396:45
611.17:396:44
711.17:406:44
811.07:406:43
911.07:416:43
1011.07:416:42
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1211.07:426:41
1311.07:426:40
1410.97:436:40
1510.97:436:39
1610.97:446:39
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1810.97:456:38
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2010.97:466:37
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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 3.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.99 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 3.96 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
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44.4Bright
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64.3Bright
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94.2Bright
104.1Bright
114.1Bright
124.1Bright
134.0Bright
144.0Moderate
153.9Moderate
163.9Moderate
173.9Moderate
183.9Moderate
193.8Moderate
203.8Moderate
213.8Moderate
223.8Moderate
233.7Moderate
243.7Moderate
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263.7Moderate
273.7Moderate
283.7Moderate
293.7Moderate
303.7Moderate
313.6Moderate
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Lençóis Paulista

In seasonPeak

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

Lençóis Paulista's rainy season runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
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May
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Is May a good time to visit Lençóis Paulista?

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

7.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Lençóis Paulista for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Lençóis Paulista in May

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

In May, Lençóis Paulista sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: light clothes. About 6 days see rain.

light clothes

UV index in Lençóis Paulista in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lençóis Paulista peaks around January 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 22UV 15Jul 11UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Very high
May7High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug8Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Lençóis Paulista 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 Lençóis Paulista is worst in September — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1022 µg/m³Nov 239 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb10Good
Mar10Good
Apr11Good
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Lençóis Paulista?

Lençóis Paulista sits at 22.6°S, 48.8°W, 562 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Macatuba, 14 km away.

Topography around Lençóis Paulista

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lençóis Paulista has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m around an average of 583 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 300 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 601 m.

The land around Lençóis Paulista is covered by artificial surfaces (36%), cropland (31%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, cropland (69%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
103 m
16 km
300 m
80 km
601 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Macatuba 14 km · Agudos 24 km · Igaraçu do Tietê 27 km · Barra Bonita 27 km · Pederneiras 28 km · São Manuel 28 km · Piratininga 40 km · Bauru 41 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 Lençóis Paulista (-22.5986°, -48.8003°, elevation 562 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).