Ouricuri weather in May

In May, Ouricuri sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 45 mm of rain across 9.1 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-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 muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ouricuri's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ouricuri's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
10th warmest
Overnight low
22°
5th coldest
Rainfall
45 mm
9.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
5:47 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover
63%
8th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Ouricuri 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 Ouricuri 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 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 19 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
19
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.

Ouricuri weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°8811.312.43.4
Feb32° / 23°9912.412.33.6
Mar32° / 23°11714.512.13.6
Apr31° / 22°7012.211.84.0
May31° / 22°459.111.64.7
Jun30° / 21°165.311.65.6
Jul30° / 20°133.311.65.9
Aug31° / 20°61.611.75.5
Sep33° / 21°30.9124.4
Oct35° / 23°91.612.23.4
Nov35° / 24°233.412.43.0
Dec34° / 24°455.312.53.2

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 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
34060
43961
53961
63961
73961
83961
94060
104060
114060
124159
134258
144357
154258
164357
174357
184357
194456
204456
214456
224555
234555
244555
254555
264555
274654
284456
294456
304357
314357

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ouricuri gets around 45 mm of rain over 9.1 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 29% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
133
233
333
433
532
632
731
831
930
1030
1129
1229
1329
1429
1529
1629
1729
1829
1929
2029
2129
2228
2328
2428
2527
2626
2726
2825
2924
3023
3122

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 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 73% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12215720
22215819
32215918
42225818
52225917
62226016
72236015
82236114
92236114
102236213
112246212
122246212
132246311
142246311
152246410
162246410
172246410
182246410
192246410
202246410
21224659
22224659
23225649
24225658
25226648
26227647
27228637
28230626
29231616
30233605
31235585

Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
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513light breeze
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1013light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 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 5:50 AM, and sunset from 5:29 PM to 5:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:465:29
211.75:465:29
311.75:465:29
411.75:465:28
511.75:465:28
611.75:465:28
711.75:465:28
811.75:465:27
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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 4.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.95 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.43 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
24.8Bright
34.7Bright
44.7Bright
54.7Bright
64.7Bright
74.6Bright
84.6Bright
94.6Bright
104.6Bright
114.5Bright
124.5Bright
134.5Bright
144.5Bright
154.5Bright
164.5Bright
174.4Bright
184.4Bright
194.4Bright
204.4Bright
214.3Bright
224.3Bright
234.3Bright
244.3Bright
254.3Bright
264.3Bright
274.2Bright
284.2Bright
294.2Bright
304.2Bright
314.1Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ouricuri

In seasonPeak

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

Ouricuri'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 Ouricuri?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ouricuri in May

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

In May, Ouricuri sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Ouricuri 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 Ouricuri peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 10UV 15Jul 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Ouricuri?

Ouricuri sits at 7.9°S, 40.1°W, 451 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Bodocó, 19 km away.

Topography around Ouricuri

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ouricuri has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 142 m around an average of 459 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 282 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 630 m.

The land around Ouricuri is covered by shrubs (41%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, shrubs (44%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and shrubs (70%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
142 m
16 km
282 m
80 km
630 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Bodocó 19 km · Trindade 24 km · Ipubi 27 km · Exu 57 km · Araripina 57 km · Parnamirim 60 km · Araripe 75 km · Salitre 78 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 Ouricuri (-7.8825°, -40.0817°, elevation 451 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).