Nova Russas weather in May

In May, Nova Russas sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 74 mm of rain across 11.2 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 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Nova Russas's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nova Russas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 74 mm; 11.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 5:45 AM – 5:32 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 8th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.89 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Nova Russas 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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Nova Russas reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32
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	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
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17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	22
28	31	22
29	31	22
30	32	22
31	32	22

How May really feels in Nova Russas

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 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.

Nova Russas 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	33° / 23°	105	14	12.2	2.9
Feb	32° / 23°	116	15.7	12.2	3.1
Mar	32° / 23°	169	20.2	12	3.1
Apr	31° / 23°	159	19.6	11.9	3.4
May	31° / 22°	74	11.2	11.8	4.2
Jun	32° / 22°	25	4.7	11.7	4.8
Jul	32° / 21°	13	2.2	11.8	4.8
Aug	33° / 21°	4	0.7	11.8	4.4
Sep	34° / 22°	1	0.3	12	3.7
Oct	35° / 23°	9	0.5	12.1	3.2
Nov	35° / 23°	6	1.1	12.2	3.0
Dec	35° / 24°	23	3.5	12.3	3.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%. 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 (%)	35	35	37	37	39	39	41	41	44	44	46	46	46	47	48	48	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	56	58	59	60	61	62	62	63
Cloudier (%)	65	65	63	63	61	61	59	59	56	56	54	54	54	53	52	52	50	49	48	47	46	45	44	44	42	41	40	39	38	38	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	54	46
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	63	37

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nova Russas gets around 74 mm of rain over 11.2 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 37% and peaks near 58% 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 (%)	58	57	55	54	52	50	48	45	43	42	40	39	37	36	36	35	34	33	32	31	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21

	Rain chance (%)
1	58
2	57
3	55
4	54
5	52
6	50
7	48
8	45
9	43
10	42
11	40
12	39
13	37
14	36
15	36
16	35
17	34
18	33
19	32
20	31
21	31
22	30
23	29
24	28
25	27
26	26
27	25
28	24
29	23
30	22
31	21

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 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 96% 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 (%)	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	7
Muggy (%)	19	20	21	22	24	26	28	29	31	33	35	36	38	39	41	42	44	45	47	48	49	51	52	54	56	57	59	61	62	63	66
Oppressive (%)	79	78	77	76	73	71	69	68	66	64	62	60	58	57	55	54	52	52	50	49	47	45	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	27

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	19	79
2	2	20	78
3	2	21	77
4	2	22	76
5	3	24	73
6	3	26	71
7	3	28	69
8	3	29	68
9	3	31	66
10	3	33	64
11	3	35	62
12	4	36	60
13	4	38	58
14	4	39	57
15	4	41	55
16	4	42	54
17	4	44	52
18	3	45	52
19	3	47	50
20	3	48	49
21	4	49	47
22	4	51	45
23	4	52	44
24	4	54	42
25	4	56	40
26	5	57	38
27	5	59	36
28	5	61	34
29	6	62	32
30	7	63	30
31	7	66	27

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
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31	9	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 5:44 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 5:35 PM to 5:32 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	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47
Sunset (PM)	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	5:44	5:35
2	11.8	5:44	5:34
3	11.8	5:44	5:34
4	11.8	5:44	5:34
5	11.8	5:44	5:34
6	11.8	5:44	5:33
7	11.8	5:44	5:33
8	11.8	5:44	5:33
9	11.8	5:44	5:33
10	11.8	5:44	5:33
11	11.8	5:44	5:33
12	11.8	5:45	5:33
13	11.8	5:45	5:32
14	11.8	5:45	5:32
15	11.8	5:45	5:32
16	11.8	5:45	5:32
17	11.8	5:45	5:32
18	11.8	5:45	5:32
19	11.8	5:45	5:32
20	11.8	5:45	5:32
21	11.8	5:45	5:32
22	11.8	5:46	5:32
23	11.8	5:46	5:32
24	11.8	5:46	5:32
25	11.8	5:46	5:32
26	11.8	5:46	5:32
27	11.8	5:46	5:32
28	11.8	5:47	5:32
29	11.8	5:47	5:32
30	11.8	5:47	5:32
31	11.7	5:47	5:32

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.89 kWh/m² to a high of 7.07 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.89 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	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
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26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Nova Russas

In seasonPeak

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

Nova Russas'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 Nova Russas?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

6.3

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Nova Russas in May

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

In May, Nova Russas sees daytime highs around 31°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 Nova Russas 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 Nova Russas peaks around March 15 at about 15 (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.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Nova Russas?

Nova Russas sits at 4.7°S, 40.6°W, 239 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Ipueiras, 25 km away.

Topography around Nova Russas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nova Russas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m around an average of 251 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 434 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,032 m.

The land around Nova Russas is covered by grassland (47%) and shrubs (38%) within 3 km, shrubs (71%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and shrubs (76%) within 80 km.

3 km

125 m

grassland 47%

16 km

434 m

shrubs 71%

80 km

1,032 m

shrubs 76%

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

May weather nearby: Ipueiras 25 km · Tamboril 30 km · Hidrolândia 38 km · Ipu 46 km · Croatá 50 km · Crateús 54 km · Monsenhor Tabosa 56 km · Varjota 58 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 Nova Russas (-4.7067°, -40.5631°, elevation 239 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	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	22
28	31	22
29	31	22
30	32	22
31	32	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	54	46
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	58
2	57
3	55
4	54
5	52
6	50
7	48
8	45
9	43
10	42
11	40
12	39
13	37
14	36
15	36
16	35
17	34
18	33
19	32
20	31
21	31
22	30
23	29
24	28
25	27
26	26
27	25
28	24
29	23
30	22
31	21

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	19	79
2	2	20	78
3	2	21	77
4	2	22	76
5	3	24	73
6	3	26	71
7	3	28	69
8	3	29	68
9	3	31	66
10	3	33	64
11	3	35	62
12	4	36	60
13	4	38	58
14	4	39	57
15	4	41	55
16	4	42	54
17	4	44	52
18	3	45	52
19	3	47	50
20	3	48	49
21	4	49	47
22	4	51	45
23	4	52	44
24	4	54	42
25	4	56	40
26	5	57	38
27	5	59	36
28	5	61	34
29	6	62	32
30	7	63	30
31	7	66	27

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	22
28	31	22
29	31	22
30	32	22
31	32	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	54	46
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	58
2	57
3	55
4	54
5	52
6	50
7	48
8	45
9	43
10	42
11	40
12	39
13	37
14	36
15	36
16	35
17	34
18	33
19	32
20	31
21	31
22	30
23	29
24	28
25	27
26	26
27	25
28	24
29	23
30	22
31	21

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	19	79
2	2	20	78
3	2	21	77
4	2	22	76
5	3	24	73
6	3	26	71
7	3	28	69
8	3	29	68
9	3	31	66
10	3	33	64
11	3	35	62
12	4	36	60
13	4	38	58
14	4	39	57
15	4	41	55
16	4	42	54
17	4	44	52
18	3	45	52
19	3	47	50
20	3	48	49
21	4	49	47
22	4	51	45
23	4	52	44
24	4	54	42
25	4	56	40
26	5	57	38
27	5	59	36
28	5	61	34
29	6	62	32
30	7	63	30
31	7	66	27

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	22
28	31	22
29	31	22
30	32	22
31	32	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	54	46
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	58
2	57
3	55
4	54
5	52
6	50
7	48
8	45
9	43
10	42
11	40
12	39
13	37
14	36
15	36
16	35
17	34
18	33
19	32
20	31
21	31
22	30
23	29
24	28
25	27
26	26
27	25
28	24
29	23
30	22
31	21

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	19	79
2	2	20	78
3	2	21	77
4	2	22	76
5	3	24	73
6	3	26	71
7	3	28	69
8	3	29	68
9	3	31	66
10	3	33	64
11	3	35	62
12	4	36	60
13	4	38	58
14	4	39	57
15	4	41	55
16	4	42	54
17	4	44	52
18	3	45	52
19	3	47	50
20	3	48	49
21	4	49	47
22	4	51	45
23	4	52	44
24	4	54	42
25	4	56	40
26	5	57	38
27	5	59	36
28	5	61	34
29	6	62	32
30	7	63	30
31	7	66	27