Loanda weather in May

In May, Loanda sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 115 mm of rain across 8.2 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Loanda's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Loanda's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
10th warmest
Overnight low
17°
4th coldest
Rainfall
115 mm
8.2 wet days
Daylight
10 h 54 min
8:02 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover
51%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
3.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.2
out of 10

Loanda 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

Highs ease over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical May day in Loanda reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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

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.

Loanda 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°19820.213.33.3
Feb31° / 22°16617.412.83.5
Mar31° / 22°12915.112.24.1
Apr29° / 20°908.111.55.8
May26° / 17°1158.210.97.2
Jun25° / 16°856.910.67.6
Jul25° / 15°635.810.77.9
Aug27° / 16°645.511.27.4
Sep29° / 18°1057.811.95.9
Oct30° / 20°14913.412.54.5
Nov31° / 21°15313.613.14.2
Dec31° / 22°18517.113.43.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15842
25842
35842
45743
55743
65644
75644
85545
95545
105545
115545
125446
135446
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Loanda gets around 115 mm of rain over 8.2 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 26% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
121
221
321
421
521
621
721
822
922
1022
1122
1223
1323
1424
1524
1625
1726
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 34% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 21% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1101937304
2111937294
3122037283
4122137273
5132237262
6142237252
7142337242
8152437231
9152437231
10162537221
11162537211
12172537201
13172537191
14182637191
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20212834171
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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 9 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
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
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169calm
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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 7:55 AM to 8:09 AM, and sunset from 7:05 PM to 6:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.27:557:05
211.17:557:04
311.17:567:03
411.17:567:03
511.17:577:02
611.17:577:01
711.17:587:01
811.07:587:00
911.07:586:59
1011.07:596:59
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1211.08:006:58
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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 3.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.35 kWh/m² to a high of 6.24 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 3.71 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.2Bright
24.2Bright
34.2Bright
44.1Bright
54.1Bright
64.1Bright
74.0Bright
84.0Moderate
94.0Moderate
103.9Moderate
113.9Moderate
123.8Moderate
133.8Moderate
143.8Moderate
153.7Moderate
163.7Moderate
173.6Moderate
183.6Moderate
193.6Moderate
203.6Moderate
213.5Moderate
223.5Moderate
233.5Moderate
243.5Moderate
253.4Moderate
263.4Moderate
273.4Moderate
283.4Moderate
293.4Moderate
303.4Moderate
313.4Moderate
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Loanda?

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

7.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Loanda in May

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

In May, Loanda sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Worth packing: light clothes and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Loanda 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 Loanda peaks around January 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 14 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighModerateExtremeJan 19UV 15Sep 14UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr10Very high
May7High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug8Very high
Sep3Moderate
Oct11Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Loanda 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 Loanda is worst in September — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.2× the cleanest month (March, 6 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1631 µg/m³Mar 146 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb7Good
Mar6Good
Apr8Good
May9Good
Jun9Good
Jul9Good
Aug13Moderate
Sep33Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Loanda?

Loanda sits at 22.9°S, 53.1°W, 464 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Rosana, 39 km away.

Topography around Loanda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Loanda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m around an average of 432 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 238 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 394 m.

The land around Loanda is covered by cropland (38%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and grassland (41%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
126 m
16 km
238 m
80 km
394 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Rosana 39 km · Taquarussu 53 km · Paranavaí 71 km · Nova Andradina 80 km · Tapejara 94 km · Umuarama 96 km · Cruzeiro do Oeste 96 km · Cianorte 99 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 Loanda (-22.9231°, -53.1372°, elevation 464 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).