Muniz Freire weather in May

In May, Muniz Freire sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 46 mm of rain across 8.5 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of May to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Muniz Freire's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Muniz Freire's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 46 mm; 8.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 7:11 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.74 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical May day in Muniz Freire reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than 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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14

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

Muniz Freire weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 19°	166	14.5	13.1	5.2
Feb	29° / 19°	116	11.8	12.7	5.1
Mar	28° / 19°	169	17	12.1	5.2
Apr	26° / 17°	91	13.2	11.5	6.1
May	24° / 15°	46	8.5	11	7.1
Jun	23° / 14°	22	4.8	10.8	7.8
Jul	23° / 13°	19	4.8	10.9	7.8
Aug	24° / 14°	23	5.3	11.3	7.9
Sep	25° / 15°	61	9.2	11.9	7.0
Oct	26° / 17°	117	13	12.5	6.1
Nov	26° / 18°	208	17.8	13	5.1
Dec	27° / 19°	250	19.9	13.2	4.9

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 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

	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 (%)	54	54	54	54	54	53	52	51	51	49	47	47	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	47	47	49	50	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57
Cloudier (%)	46	46	46	46	46	47	48	49	49	51	53	53	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	53	53	51	50	50	49	48	47	46	45	44	43

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

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Muniz Freire gets around 46 mm of rain over 8.5 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 28% and peaks near 33% 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 (%)	33	32	32	31	30	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	26	25	24	23	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	32
3	32
4	31
5	30
6	29
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	30
18	30
19	30
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	28
25	28
26	27
27	26
28	25
29	24
30	23
31	22

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 5% 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
Dry (%)	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12
Comfortable (%)	26	27	29	30	31	32	33	34	34	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	45	45	46	46	47	47
Humid (%)	53	54	53	54	54	54	54	54	55	54	53	54	53	53	52	53	52	51	51	50	49	49	48	47	46	45	44	44	43	42	41
Muggy (%)	19	17	15	13	12	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	26	53	19
2	2	27	54	17
3	3	29	53	15
4	3	30	54	13
5	3	31	54	12
6	4	32	54	10
7	4	33	54	9
8	4	34	54	8
9	4	34	55	7
10	5	35	54	6
11	5	36	53	6
12	5	36	54	5
13	6	37	53	4
14	6	37	53	4
15	6	38	52	4
16	6	38	53	3
17	6	39	52	3
18	7	39	51	3
19	7	40	51	2
20	7	41	50	2
21	7	41	49	2
22	8	42	49	2
23	8	43	48	2
24	8	43	47	1
25	9	44	46	1
26	9	45	45	1
27	10	45	44	1
28	10	46	44	1
29	11	46	43	0
30	11	47	42	0
31	12	47	41	0

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of May to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:05 AM to 7:17 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:09 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)	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:17
Sunset (PM)	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	7:05	6:21
2	11.2	7:05	6:20
3	11.2	7:06	6:19
4	11.2	7:06	6:19
5	11.2	7:07	6:18
6	11.2	7:07	6:18
7	11.2	7:07	6:17
8	11.1	7:08	6:17
9	11.1	7:08	6:16
10	11.1	7:08	6:16
11	11.1	7:09	6:15
12	11.1	7:09	6:15
13	11.1	7:10	6:14
14	11.1	7:10	6:14
15	11.0	7:11	6:13
16	11.0	7:11	6:13
17	11.0	7:11	6:12
18	11.0	7:12	6:12
19	11.0	7:12	6:12
20	11.0	7:13	6:11
21	11.0	7:13	6:11
22	11.0	7:13	6:11
23	10.9	7:14	6:10
24	10.9	7:14	6:10
25	10.9	7:15	6:10
26	10.9	7:15	6:10
27	10.9	7:16	6:10
28	10.9	7:16	6:09
29	10.9	7:16	6:09
30	10.9	7:17	6:09
31	10.9	7:17	6:09

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.99 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 3.74 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)	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.1	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.0	Bright
5	4.0	Bright
6	4.0	Moderate
7	4.0	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.6	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.5	Moderate
27	3.5	Moderate
28	3.6	Moderate
29	3.6	Moderate
30	3.6	Moderate
31	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Muniz Freire

In seasonPeak

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

Muniz Freire's rainy season runs October–March, 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 Muniz Freire?

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

7.1

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

6.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Muniz Freire for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Muniz Freire in May

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

In May, Muniz Freire sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Muniz Freire in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Muniz Freire peaks around February 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 7 (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)	15	15	14	10	8	7	7	9	10	12	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	10	Extreme
May	8	Very high
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Muniz Freire?

Muniz Freire sits at 20.5°S, 41.4°W, 555 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Iúna, 18 km away.

Topography around Muniz Freire

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Muniz Freire has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 688 m around an average of 677 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,455 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,840 m.

The land around Muniz Freire is covered by grassland (52%) and trees (45%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and grassland (46%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and grassland (44%) within 80 km.

3 km

688 m

grassland 52%

16 km

1,455 m

trees 54%

80 km

2,840 m

trees 55%

treesgrasslandartificial surfaces

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

May weather nearby: Iúna 18 km · Ibatiba 28 km · Castelo 28 km · Alegre 36 km · Lajinha 41 km · Guaçuí 44 km · Vargem Alta 48 km · Afonso Cláudio 53 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 Muniz Freire (-20.4642°, -41.4131°, elevation 555 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	25	16
2	25	16
3	25	16
4	25	16
5	25	15
6	25	15
7	25	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	15
11	24	15
12	24	15
13	24	15
14	24	15
15	24	15
16	24	15
17	24	15
18	24	15
19	24	15
20	24	15
21	24	15
22	24	15
23	24	15
24	24	15
25	24	15
26	24	15
27	24	14
28	24	14
29	24	14
30	24	14
31	24	14

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	32
3	32
4	31
5	30
6	29
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	30
18	30
19	30
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	28
25	28
26	27
27	26
28	25
29	24
30	23
31	22

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	26	53	19
2	2	27	54	17
3	3	29	53	15
4	3	30	54	13
5	3	31	54	12
6	4	32	54	10
7	4	33	54	9
8	4	34	54	8
9	4	34	55	7
10	5	35	54	6
11	5	36	53	6
12	5	36	54	5
13	6	37	53	4
14	6	37	53	4
15	6	38	52	4
16	6	38	53	3
17	6	39	52	3
18	7	39	51	3
19	7	40	51	2
20	7	41	50	2
21	7	41	49	2
22	8	42	49	2
23	8	43	48	2
24	8	43	47	1
25	9	44	46	1
26	9	45	45	1
27	10	45	44	1
28	10	46	44	1
29	11	46	43	0
30	11	47	42	0
31	12	47	41	0

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	32
3	32
4	31
5	30
6	29
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	30
18	30
19	30
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	28
25	28
26	27
27	26
28	25
29	24
30	23
31	22

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	26	53	19
2	2	27	54	17
3	3	29	53	15
4	3	30	54	13
5	3	31	54	12
6	4	32	54	10
7	4	33	54	9
8	4	34	54	8
9	4	34	55	7
10	5	35	54	6
11	5	36	53	6
12	5	36	54	5
13	6	37	53	4
14	6	37	53	4
15	6	38	52	4
16	6	38	53	3
17	6	39	52	3
18	7	39	51	3
19	7	40	51	2
20	7	41	50	2
21	7	41	49	2
22	8	42	49	2
23	8	43	48	2
24	8	43	47	1
25	9	44	46	1
26	9	45	45	1
27	10	45	44	1
28	10	46	44	1
29	11	46	43	0
30	11	47	42	0
31	12	47	41	0

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	32
3	32
4	31
5	30
6	29
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	30
18	30
19	30
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	28
25	28
26	27
27	26
28	25
29	24
30	23
31	22

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	26	53	19
2	2	27	54	17
3	3	29	53	15
4	3	30	54	13
5	3	31	54	12
6	4	32	54	10
7	4	33	54	9
8	4	34	54	8
9	4	34	55	7
10	5	35	54	6
11	5	36	53	6
12	5	36	54	5
13	6	37	53	4
14	6	37	53	4
15	6	38	52	4
16	6	38	53	3
17	6	39	52	3
18	7	39	51	3
19	7	40	51	2
20	7	41	50	2
21	7	41	49	2
22	8	42	49	2
23	8	43	48	2
24	8	43	47	1
25	9	44	46	1
26	9	45	45	1
27	10	45	44	1
28	10	46	44	1
29	11	46	43	0
30	11	47	42	0
31	12	47	41	0