Novo Oriente weather in May

In May, Novo Oriente sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 42 mm of rain across 7.6 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 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 Novo Oriente's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Novo Oriente's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
11th warmest
Overnight low
22°
4th coldest
Rainfall
42 mm
7.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:47 AM – 5:32 PM
Cloud cover
59%
8th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Novo Oriente is settlement in 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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Novo Oriente 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 33°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 Novo Oriente

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
31
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.

Novo Oriente 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° / 23°9414.212.33.3
Feb32° / 23°9115.212.23.4
Mar31° / 22°13318.4123.5
Apr31° / 22°8815.411.94.0
May31° / 22°427.611.84.8
Jun31° / 22°142.411.75.3
Jul32° / 21°91.611.75.2
Aug33° / 21°30.411.84.7
Sep34° / 22°20.4124.0
Oct35° / 23°80.712.13.4
Nov35° / 23°51.112.33.2
Dec34° / 23°244.212.33.3

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 47%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
24159
34159
44258
54357
64555
74654
84753
94852
104951
115050
125149
135149
145248
155248
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225743
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245842
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266040
276139
286238
296238
306337
316436

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Novo Oriente gets around 42 mm of rain over 7.6 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 25% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
140
239
338
436
535
633
731
830
928
1027
1126
1225
1325
1424
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1624
1723
1823
1923
2022
2122
2221
2321
2420
2520
2619
2719
2818
2917
3016
3115

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 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 89% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1143956
2144154
3144253
4154351
5154550
6154648
7164846
8174944
9175042
10185140
11195238
12195436
131105435
141105633
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190126127
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220136423
230136522
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250146719
261156618
271166617
281176616
291196515
301206613
311226512

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 5:46 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 5:35 PM to 5:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:465:35
211.85:465:34
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411.85:465:34
511.85:465:34
611.85:465:33
711.85:465:33
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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 4.9 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.9 kWh/m² to a high of 7.05 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.9 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Novo Oriente

In seasonPeak

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

Novo Oriente'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 Novo Oriente?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Novo Oriente in May

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

In May, Novo Oriente sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

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UV index in Novo Oriente 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 Novo Oriente peaks around March 13 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 13UV 16Jul 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Novo Oriente?

Novo Oriente sits at 5.5°S, 40.8°W, 347 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Quiterianópolis, 35 km away.

Topography around Novo Oriente

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Novo Oriente has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 352 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 505 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 676 m.

The land around Novo Oriente is covered by cropland (35%), shrubs (29%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, shrubs (49%), grassland (22%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
76 m
16 km
505 m
80 km
676 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Quiterianópolis 35 km · Crateús 41 km · Independência 54 km · São Miguel do Tapuio 61 km · Tauá 75 km · São João dos Inhamuns 75 km · Parambu 76 km · Castelo do Piauí 89 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 Novo Oriente (-5.5344°, -40.7742°, elevation 347 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).