Mari weather in May

In May, Mari sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 97 mm of rain across 19 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Mari's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mari's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
8th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
97 mm
19 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:27 AM – 5:08 PM
Cloud cover
57%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Mari 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Mari reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Mari

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 28 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
28
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.

Mari weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 24°5216.112.44.0
Feb31° / 24°6216.312.23.8
Mar31° / 24°8519123.7
Apr30° / 24°10120.111.83.7
May29° / 23°971911.74.3
Jun28° / 22°8917.811.65.0
Jul28° / 21°7916.511.65.6
Aug28° / 21°3812.811.85.9
Sep29° / 22°2510.6125.6
Oct30° / 22°198.112.25.4
Nov30° / 23°208.312.35.0
Dec31° / 23°3111.612.44.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 32% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25347
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mari gets around 97 mm of rain over 19 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 61% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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264
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662
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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 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12962
22962
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53961
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113961
124951
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217930
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259910
2610900
2710900
2811890
2912880
3013870
3114860

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 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 5:26 AM to 5:30 AM, and sunset from 5:11 PM to 5:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:265:11
211.75:265:11
311.75:265:11
411.75:265:10
511.75:265:10
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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 4.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.06 kWh/m² to a high of 5.99 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.5 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Mari

In seasonPeak

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

Mari's rainy season runs January–July, 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 Mari?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Mari for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mari in May

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

In May, Mari sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Mari in May

The nearest coast averages about 28°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 53 km away) is warmest in March at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec28Warm

UV index in Mari 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 Mari peaks around March 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 17 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 11UV 15Jul 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Mari?

Mari sits at 7.1°S, 35.3°W, 149 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Sapé, 10 km away.

Topography around Mari

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mari has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 122 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 271 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 760 m.

The land around Mari is covered by grassland (70%) within 3 km, grassland (82%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) within 80 km.

3 km
83 m
16 km
271 m
80 km
760 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
May weather nearby: Sapé 10 km · Araçagi 24 km · Itapororoca 27 km · Cruz do Espírito Santo 27 km · Guarabira 30 km · Itabaiana 30 km · Mamanguape 33 km · Alagoa Grande 34 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 Mari (-7.06°, -35.3194°, elevation 149 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).