Monsenhor Tabosa weather in May

In May, Monsenhor Tabosa sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 64 mm of rain across 11 wet days and about 11.8 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 26% 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 Monsenhor Tabosa's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Monsenhor Tabosa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
11th warmest
Overnight low
22°
5th coldest
Rainfall
64 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:43 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover
60%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

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 Monsenhor Tabosa 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.

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How May really feels in Monsenhor Tabosa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 8 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
8
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.

Monsenhor Tabosa 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 22°9814.312.23.6
Feb31° / 22°10416.212.23.6
Mar30° / 22°15820.1123.7
Apr30° / 22°13519.411.94.0
May30° / 22°641111.85.0
Jun30° / 21°235.411.75.8
Jul30° / 21°102.111.86.0
Aug31° / 21°40.711.85.6
Sep33° / 22°10.2124.9
Oct33° / 22°60.612.14.2
Nov33° / 22°50.912.24.0
Dec33° / 23°194.112.33.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23763
33862
43961
54060
64258
74258
84456
94555
104753
114852
124852
134951
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155149
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235842
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266238
276238
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316733

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Monsenhor Tabosa gets around 64 mm of rain over 11 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 36% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
155
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548
646
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3123

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 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 95% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1023662
2033859
3033958
4034156
5034354
6034552
7034651
8044848
9045046
10045145
11045343
12045442
13045640
14045739
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16055837
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18056035
19056233
20056332
21056431
22066529
23066628
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25076924
26077023
27077221
28087319
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30197416
311107415

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 12 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 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 5:32 PM to 5:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:425:32
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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 4.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.05 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.95 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Monsenhor Tabosa

In seasonPeak

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

Monsenhor Tabosa's rainy season runs January–April, 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 Monsenhor Tabosa?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
6.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Monsenhor Tabosa in May

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

In May, Monsenhor Tabosa sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Monsenhor Tabosa 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 Monsenhor Tabosa peaks around March 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 15UV 16Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Monsenhor Tabosa?

Monsenhor Tabosa sits at 4.8°S, 40.1°W, 688 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Tamboril, 29 km away.

Topography around Monsenhor Tabosa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Monsenhor Tabosa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m around an average of 695 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 848 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,011 m.

The land around Monsenhor Tabosa is covered by shrubs (51%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, shrubs (72%) within 16 km, and shrubs (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
184 m
16 km
848 m
80 km
1,011 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Tamboril 29 km · Santa Quitéria 52 km · Boa Viagem 53 km · Madalena 54 km · Nova Russas 56 km · Hidrolândia 57 km · Itatira 57 km · Independência 73 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 Monsenhor Tabosa (-4.7894°, -40.0633°, elevation 688 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).