Maracaçumé weather in May

In May, Maracaçumé sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 213 mm of rain across 26.7 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Maracaçumé's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maracaçumé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
213 mm
26.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:03 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover
75%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Maracaçumé 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Maracaçumé reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Maracaçumé

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.

Maracaçumé weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°19124.712.12.9
Feb30° / 23°2642612.12.7
Mar30° / 23°33730.2122.7
Apr30° / 23°32928.8122.7
May30° / 23°21326.711.93.0
Jun30° / 23°10520.911.93.7
Jul30° / 22°7817.411.94.2
Aug31° / 22°3510.611.94.6
Sep32° / 23°216.3124.3
Oct33° / 23°215.4123.9
Nov33° / 24°316.612.13.7
Dec33° / 24°7413.112.13.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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21486
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51684
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112278
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Maracaçumé gets around 213 mm of rain over 26.7 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 85% and peaks near 93% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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115347
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145446
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185842
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205941
216139
226238
236337
246535
256634
266832
276931
287129
297228
307327
317525

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 5:59 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 4.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.96 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.29 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Maracaçumé

In seasonPeak

In May, Maracaçumé sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Maracaçumé's monsoon runs January–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Maracaçumé?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Maracaçumé.

What to pack for Maracaçumé in May

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

In May, Maracaçumé sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Maracaçumé in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Maracaçumé peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 16 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 17UV 15Jul 16UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Maracaçumé 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 Maracaçumé is worst in December — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (July, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateDec 1220 µg/m³Jul 147 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May9Good
Jun7Good
Jul7Good
Aug8Good
Sep10Good
Oct12Good
Nov19Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Maracaçumé?

Maracaçumé sits at 2.0°S, 46.0°W, 33 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Governador Nunes Freire, 12 km away.

Topography around Maracaçumé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maracaçumé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 33 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 206 m.

The land around Maracaçumé is covered by grassland (73%) within 3 km, grassland (70%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and grassland (45%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
72 m
80 km
206 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
May weather nearby: Governador Nunes Freire 12 km · Centro Novo do Maranhão 21 km · Santa Luzia do Paruá 59 km · Cândido Mendes 70 km · Cachoeira do Piriá 72 km · Turilândia 75 km · Santa Helena 76 km · Turiaçu 78 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 Maracaçumé (-2.0428°, -45.9592°, elevation 33 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).