Ourém weather in May

In May, Ourém sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 230 mm of rain across 27.2 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-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 7% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ourém's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ourém's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
9th warmest
Overnight low
23°
7th coldest
Rainfall
230 mm
27.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:07 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
76%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Ourém 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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Ourém reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Ourém

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.

Ourém weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°22326.112.12.7
Feb30° / 23°29626.612.12.6
Mar30° / 23°39130.4122.6
Apr30° / 23°36029.3122.6
May31° / 23°23027.211.92.8
Jun31° / 23°11821.611.93.3
Jul31° / 22°8218.211.93.8
Aug32° / 23°4212.311.94.1
Sep32° / 23°298.2124.0
Oct33° / 23°266.5123.8
Nov33° / 24°377.412.13.6
Dec32° / 24°8915.312.13.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11090
21189
31288
41288
51486
61585
71684
81783
91882
101981
112179
122278
132278
142476
152575
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202971
212971
223070
233169
243268
253268
263367
273466
283664
293664
303862
313961

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ourém gets around 230 mm of rain over 27.2 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 87% and peaks near 95% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
195
294
394
494
593
693
792
892
991
1090
1190
1289
1388
1488
1587
1686
1786
1885
1985
2084
2184
2284
2383
2483
2582
2681
2781
2880
2979
3079
3178

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 69% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
16535
26535
36436
46436
56436
66436
76436
86436
96436
106436
116436
126535
136535
146634
156634
166733
176832
186931
196931
207030
217129
227228
237327
247426
257525
267624
277822
287921
298020
308119
318218

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
67calm
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87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 6:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:076:04
211.96:076:04
311.96:076:04
411.96:076:04
511.96:076:03
611.96:076:03
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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 4.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.99 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.38 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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44.1Bright
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94.3Bright
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264.6Bright
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294.6Bright
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314.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ourém

In seasonPeak

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

Ourém's monsoon runs January–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Ourém?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ourém.

What to pack for Ourém in May

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

In May, Ourém sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Ourém in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ourém peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 17 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 17UV 15Jul 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Ourém in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ourém is worst in November — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (July, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateNov 2020 µg/m³Jul 128 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May10Good
Jun8Good
Jul8Good
Aug9Good
Sep11Good
Oct13Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ourém?

Ourém sits at 1.6°S, 47.1°W, 14 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Capitão Poço, 22 km away.

Topography around Ourém

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ourém has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 28 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 173 m.

The land around Ourém is covered by trees (51%) and grassland (41%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and grassland (47%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
70 m
16 km
103 m
80 km
173 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
May weather nearby: Capitão Poço 22 km · Santa Luzia do Pará 24 km · Capanema 40 km · São Miguel do Guamá 42 km · Garrafão do Norte 43 km · Irituia 43 km · Santa Maria do Pará 56 km · Tracuateua 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
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 Ourém (-1.5519°, -47.1144°, elevation 14 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).