Orós weather in May

In May, Orós sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 69 mm of rain across 7.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 Orós's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Orós's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
11th warmest
Overnight low
24°
4th coldest
Rainfall
69 mm
7.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:40 AM – 5:23 PM
Cloud cover
54%
8th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Orós is human 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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Orós reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°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 Orós

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.

Orós 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
Jan34° / 25°1031312.32.7
Feb33° / 24°11714.112.23.0
Mar32° / 24°14718.2123.1
Apr32° / 24°11815.711.93.4
May32° / 24°697.711.74.1
Jun32° / 23°243.711.64.5
Jul33° / 22°111.611.74.4
Aug34° / 23°40.511.83.7
Sep36° / 24°10.3122.9
Oct36° / 25°140.712.12.4
Nov36° / 25°61.112.32.3
Dec36° / 25°22412.42.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24951
34951
44951
55050
65149
75248
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95347
105446
115545
125644
135644
145743
155842
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Orós gets around 69 mm of rain over 7.7 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 26% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
141
240
338
437
535
633
731
829
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1125
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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 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 96% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10116812
20116812
30217801
40219781
50220771
60221761
70223741
80324721
90326710
100327700
110329680
120330670
130332650
140333640
150334630
160336610
170437590
180439570
190440560
200442540
210443530
220445510
230447490
240449470
250451450
260453430
270554410
281555390
291557370
301659340
311661320

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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 5:39 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 5:26 PM to 5:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:395:26
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411.85:395:26
511.85:395:25
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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 5.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.88 kWh/m² to a high of 7.08 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.05 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Orós

In seasonPeak

In May, Orós sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Orós's rainy season runs January–May, 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 Orós?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.7
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Orós in May

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

In May, Orós sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Orós 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 Orós peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 15 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 15Jul 15UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Orós?

Orós sits at 6.2°S, 38.9°W, 193 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Icó, 18 km away.

Topography around Orós

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Orós has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 295 m around an average of 216 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 518 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 774 m.

The land around Orós is covered by shrubs (45%), grassland (22%) and water (21%) within 3 km, shrubs (60%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and shrubs (57%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
295 m
16 km
518 m
80 km
774 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Icó 18 km · Quixelô 32 km · Cedro 44 km · Iguatu 44 km · São Miguel 46 km · Jaguaribe 51 km · Pereiro 55 km · Lavras da Mangabeira 57 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 Orós (-6.2444°, -38.9136°, elevation 193 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).