Mombaça weather in May

In May, Mombaça sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 65 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 5th-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 29% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mombaça's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mombaça's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 65 mm; 11.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 5:43 AM – 5:27 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 8th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.82 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

Mombaça is settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Mombaça reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
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18	30	22
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20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

How May really feels in Mombaça

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 27 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Mombaça weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 23°	84	13	12.3	3.6
Feb	31° / 23°	88	15.5	12.2	3.6
Mar	31° / 22°	119	18.9	12	3.7
Apr	30° / 22°	100	18.4	11.9	3.9
May	30° / 22°	65	11.6	11.7	4.9
Jun	30° / 21°	31	6.3	11.7	5.5
Jul	31° / 21°	18	3.3	11.7	5.5
Aug	32° / 21°	8	1.3	11.8	5.0
Sep	34° / 22°	3	0.8	12	4.3
Oct	34° / 23°	13	0.9	12.1	3.7
Nov	34° / 23°	6	1.1	12.3	3.6
Dec	34° / 23°	22	4.4	12.3	3.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	43	43	45	45	45	47	48	48	48	49	50	51	51	52	52	53	54	54	56	56	58	58	60	61	61	62	64	64	65	65	64
Cloudier (%)	57	57	55	55	55	53	52	52	52	51	50	49	49	48	48	47	46	46	44	44	42	42	40	39	39	38	36	36	35	35	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	47	53
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	60	40
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	64	36

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mombaça gets around 65 mm of rain over 11.6 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 38% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	49	47	46	45	43	42	40	39	38	37	37	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	35	34	33	32	31	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	47
3	46
4	45
5	43
6	42
7	40
8	39
9	38
10	37
11	37
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	36
25	36
26	35
27	34
28	33
29	32
30	31
31	30

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 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8
Muggy (%)	30	32	33	35	37	39	40	42	44	46	47	49	50	51	53	54	55	55	56	57	59	60	61	62	63	64	66	67	67	69	70
Oppressive (%)	69	67	66	64	62	59	58	56	54	52	51	49	48	47	45	44	43	42	41	40	38	37	36	34	33	31	29	27	26	24	22

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	30	69
2	1	32	67
3	1	33	66
4	1	35	64
5	1	37	62
6	2	39	59
7	2	40	58
8	2	42	56
9	2	44	54
10	2	46	52
11	2	47	51
12	2	49	49
13	2	50	48
14	2	51	47
15	2	53	45
16	2	54	44
17	2	55	43
18	3	55	42
19	3	56	41
20	3	57	40
21	3	59	38
22	3	60	37
23	3	61	36
24	4	62	34
25	4	63	33
26	5	64	31
27	5	66	29
28	6	67	27
29	7	67	26
30	7	69	24
31	8	70	22

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 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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28	10	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 5:27 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45
Sunset (PM)	5:30	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	5:42	5:30
2	11.8	5:42	5:29
3	11.8	5:42	5:29
4	11.8	5:42	5:29
5	11.8	5:42	5:29
6	11.8	5:42	5:29
7	11.8	5:42	5:28
8	11.8	5:42	5:28
9	11.8	5:42	5:28
10	11.8	5:42	5:28
11	11.8	5:42	5:28
12	11.8	5:42	5:27
13	11.8	5:42	5:27
14	11.7	5:42	5:27
15	11.7	5:42	5:27
16	11.7	5:43	5:27
17	11.7	5:43	5:27
18	11.7	5:43	5:27
19	11.7	5:43	5:27
20	11.7	5:43	5:27
21	11.7	5:43	5:27
22	11.7	5:43	5:27
23	11.7	5:44	5:27
24	11.7	5:44	5:27
25	11.7	5:44	5:27
26	11.7	5:44	5:27
27	11.7	5:44	5:27
28	11.7	5:44	5:27
29	11.7	5:45	5:27
30	11.7	5:45	5:27
31	11.7	5:45	5:27

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.78 kWh/m² to a high of 6.95 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.82 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
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10	4.8	Bright
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25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Mombaça

In seasonPeak

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

Mombaça's rainy season runs January–May, 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 Mombaça?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

6.6

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mombaça in May

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

In May, Mombaça sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mombaça 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 Mombaça peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	16	13	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Mombaça?

Mombaça sits at 5.7°S, 39.6°W, 251 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Piquet Carneiro, 24 km away.

Topography around Mombaça

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mombaça has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 258 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 497 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 754 m.

The land around Mombaça is covered by shrubs (49%) and grassland (42%) within 3 km, shrubs (66%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and shrubs (69%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

75 m

shrubs 49%

16 km

497 m

shrubs 66%

80 km

754 m

shrubs 69%

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← April Mombaça year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Piquet Carneiro 24 km · Senador Pompeu 33 km · Pedra Branca 34 km · Acopiara 44 km · Solonópole 69 km · Boa Viagem 69 km · Quixeramobim 71 km · Quixelô 74 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

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 Mombaça (-5.7431°, -39.6275°, elevation 251 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	47	53
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	60	40
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	47
3	46
4	45
5	43
6	42
7	40
8	39
9	38
10	37
11	37
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	36
25	36
26	35
27	34
28	33
29	32
30	31
31	30

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	30	69
2	1	32	67
3	1	33	66
4	1	35	64
5	1	37	62
6	2	39	59
7	2	40	58
8	2	42	56
9	2	44	54
10	2	46	52
11	2	47	51
12	2	49	49
13	2	50	48
14	2	51	47
15	2	53	45
16	2	54	44
17	2	55	43
18	3	55	42
19	3	56	41
20	3	57	40
21	3	59	38
22	3	60	37
23	3	61	36
24	4	62	34
25	4	63	33
26	5	64	31
27	5	66	29
28	6	67	27
29	7	67	26
30	7	69	24
31	8	70	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	47	53
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	60	40
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	47
3	46
4	45
5	43
6	42
7	40
8	39
9	38
10	37
11	37
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	36
25	36
26	35
27	34
28	33
29	32
30	31
31	30

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	30	69
2	1	32	67
3	1	33	66
4	1	35	64
5	1	37	62
6	2	39	59
7	2	40	58
8	2	42	56
9	2	44	54
10	2	46	52
11	2	47	51
12	2	49	49
13	2	50	48
14	2	51	47
15	2	53	45
16	2	54	44
17	2	55	43
18	3	55	42
19	3	56	41
20	3	57	40
21	3	59	38
22	3	60	37
23	3	61	36
24	4	62	34
25	4	63	33
26	5	64	31
27	5	66	29
28	6	67	27
29	7	67	26
30	7	69	24
31	8	70	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	47	53
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	60	40
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	47
3	46
4	45
5	43
6	42
7	40
8	39
9	38
10	37
11	37
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	36
25	36
26	35
27	34
28	33
29	32
30	31
31	30

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	30	69
2	1	32	67
3	1	33	66
4	1	35	64
5	1	37	62
6	2	39	59
7	2	40	58
8	2	42	56
9	2	44	54
10	2	46	52
11	2	47	51
12	2	49	49
13	2	50	48
14	2	51	47
15	2	53	45
16	2	54	44
17	2	55	43
18	3	55	42
19	3	56	41
20	3	57	40
21	3	59	38
22	3	60	37
23	3	61	36
24	4	62	34
25	4	63	33
26	5	64	31
27	5	66	29
28	6	67	27
29	7	67	26
30	7	69	24
31	8	70	22