Monteiro weather in May

In May, Monteiro sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 32 mm of rain across 6.7 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-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 23% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Monteiro's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Monteiro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
9th warmest
Overnight low
20°
7th coldest
Rainfall
32 mm
6.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
5:35 AM – 5:14 PM
Cloud cover
59%
8th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Monteiro is capital city of the Monteiro municipality in Paraíba, 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 Monteiro reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°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 Monteiro

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.

Monteiro weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 21°395.612.44.2
Feb32° / 21°386.312.34.1
Mar32° / 21°518.512.14.1
Apr31° / 21°52811.84.5
May30° / 20°326.711.65.4
Jun28° / 19°204.711.66.5
Jul28° / 18°123.511.67.2
Aug29° / 18°51.111.76.7
Sep31° / 19°20.5125.7
Oct32° / 20°50.612.24.8
Nov33° / 20°60.712.44.4
Dec33° / 21°111.812.54.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
34357
44357
54456
64456
74555
84555
94555
104654
114654
124753
134753
144852
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Monteiro gets around 32 mm of rain over 6.7 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 22% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
127
227
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426
526
625
724
824
923
1023
1122
1222
1322
1422
1521
1621
1721
1821
1921
2021
2121
2220
2320
2420
2520
2620
2719
2819
2919
3018
3117

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 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 56% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1234613
2235603
3235594
4235594
5235594
6236593
7236593
8237583
9237583
10238573
11239563
12239572
13240562
14340552
15341542
16341551
17342541
18342541
19343531
20343531
21344521
22344530
23345520
24346510
25346510
26347500
27348490
28348480
29449470
30450460
31451450

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 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 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 5:17 PM to 5:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:345:17
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411.75:345:17
511.75:345:16
611.75:345:16
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811.75:345:15
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1311.75:355:14
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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 4.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.26 kWh/m² to a high of 6.87 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.8 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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94.9Bright
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244.7Bright
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264.6Bright
274.6Bright
284.6Bright
294.6Bright
304.5Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Monteiro?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Monteiro in May

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

In May, Monteiro sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Monteiro 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 Monteiro peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 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 13UV 15Jun 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Monteiro?

Monteiro sits at 7.9°S, 37.1°W, 600 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Sertânia, 26 km away.

Topography around Monteiro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Monteiro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m around an average of 617 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 348 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 894 m.

The land around Monteiro is covered by shrubs (37%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, shrubs (56%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and shrubs (71%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
148 m
16 km
348 m
80 km
894 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Sertânia 26 km · Sumé 36 km · São José do Egito 49 km · Tabira 57 km · Afogados da Ingazeira 59 km · Arcoverde 59 km · Custódia 62 km · Jataúba 70 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 Monteiro (-7.8894°, -37.12°, elevation 600 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).