Pacajá weather in May

In May, Pacajá sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 175 mm of rain across 24.8 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-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 10% 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 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Pacajá's 7th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pacajá's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 175 mm; 24.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:24 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 7th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.23 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

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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 Pacajá 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 33°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	31	31
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

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

How May really feels in Pacajá

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.

Pacajá weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 23°	310	28.8	12.2	2.6
Feb	30° / 23°	337	26.5	12.1	2.6
Mar	30° / 23°	402	29.6	12	2.6
Apr	31° / 23°	306	28.4	11.9	2.5
May	31° / 23°	175	24.8	11.8	3.0
Jun	32° / 22°	62	12.9	11.8	4.0
Jul	33° / 22°	31	7.1	11.8	4.1
Aug	34° / 23°	22	4.6	11.9	3.6
Sep	34° / 24°	29	6.1	12	3.3
Oct	34° / 24°	70	11.4	12.1	3.1
Nov	33° / 24°	123	17	12.2	3.0
Dec	32° / 23°	200	23.6	12.2	2.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 72%. 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 (%)	11	11	12	13	14	16	17	19	20	21	23	25	26	27	29	29	31	31	32	33	34	34	35	36	37	38	39	41	42	44	44
Cloudier (%)	89	89	88	87	86	84	83	81	80	79	77	75	74	73	71	71	69	69	68	67	66	66	65	64	63	62	61	59	58	56	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	12	88
4	13	87
5	14	86
6	16	84
7	17	83
8	19	81
9	20	80
10	21	79
11	23	77
12	25	75
13	26	74
14	27	73
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	32	68
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	35	65
24	36	64
25	37	63
26	38	62
27	39	61
28	41	59
29	42	58
30	44	56
31	44	56

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Pacajá gets around 175 mm of rain over 24.8 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 79% and peaks near 91% 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 (%)	91	90	90	89	88	87	86	85	84	83	82	81	80	79	79	78	78	77	77	77	76	76	75	74	73	72	71	69	67	65	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	90
3	90
4	89
5	88
6	87
7	86
8	85
9	84
10	83
11	82
12	81
13	80
14	79
15	79
16	78
17	78
18	77
19	77
20	77
21	76
22	76
23	75
24	74
25	73
26	72
27	71
28	69
29	67
30	65
31	63

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 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% 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
Oppressive (%)	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	62	62	61	61	61	60	60	61	61	61	62	63	63	64	65	66	67	68	70	71	73	74	75	77
Miserable (%)	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	39	39	39	38	37	37	36	35	34	33	32	30	29	27	26	25	23

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	68	32
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	75	25
31	77	23

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 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 6:24 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:14 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)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26
Sunset (PM)	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:24	6:16
2	11.9	6:24	6:16
3	11.9	6:24	6:15
4	11.9	6:24	6:15
5	11.9	6:24	6:15
6	11.9	6:24	6:15
7	11.8	6:24	6:15
8	11.8	6:24	6:14
9	11.8	6:24	6:14
10	11.8	6:24	6:14
11	11.8	6:24	6:14
12	11.8	6:24	6:14
13	11.8	6:24	6:14
14	11.8	6:24	6:14
15	11.8	6:24	6:14
16	11.8	6:24	6:14
17	11.8	6:24	6:14
18	11.8	6:24	6:13
19	11.8	6:24	6:13
20	11.8	6:24	6:13
21	11.8	6:25	6:13
22	11.8	6:25	6:13
23	11.8	6:25	6:13
24	11.8	6:25	6:13
25	11.8	6:25	6:13
26	11.8	6:25	6:13
27	11.8	6:25	6:14
28	11.8	6:26	6:14
29	11.8	6:26	6:14
30	11.8	6:26	6:14
31	11.8	6:26	6:14

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.97 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.23 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.0	Bright
2	4.0	Bright
3	4.0	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Pacajá

In seasonPeak

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

Pacajá's monsoon runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Pacajá?

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

3.0

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pacajá.

What to pack for Pacajá in May

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

In May, Pacajá sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Pacajá 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 Pacajá peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 19 at about 10 (very high).

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	15	14	11	10	10	10	12	11	9	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Pacajá 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 Pacajá is worst in October — around 56 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.1× the cleanest month (June, 8 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	14	15	14	13	10	8	8	14	30	56	56	20
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	13	Moderate
May	10	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	8	Good
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	56	Unhealthy
Nov	56	Unhealthy
Dec	20	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Pacajá?

Pacajá sits at 3.8°S, 50.6°W, 95 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Anapu, 74 km away.

Topography around Pacajá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pacajá has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m around an average of 89 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 210 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 419 m.

The land around Pacajá is covered by grassland (54%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and grassland (48%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

93 m

grassland 54%

16 km

210 m

trees 51%

80 km

419 m

trees 66%

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

May weather nearby: Anapu 74 km · Tucuruí 107 km · Novo Repartimento 108 km · Breu Branco 127 km · Baião 158 km · Goianésia do Pará 171 km · Jacundá 182 km · Vitória do Xingu 186 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 Pacajá (-3.8378°, -50.6375°, elevation 95 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	12	88
4	13	87
5	14	86
6	16	84
7	17	83
8	19	81
9	20	80
10	21	79
11	23	77
12	25	75
13	26	74
14	27	73
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	32	68
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	35	65
24	36	64
25	37	63
26	38	62
27	39	61
28	41	59
29	42	58
30	44	56
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	90
3	90
4	89
5	88
6	87
7	86
8	85
9	84
10	83
11	82
12	81
13	80
14	79
15	79
16	78
17	78
18	77
19	77
20	77
21	76
22	76
23	75
24	74
25	73
26	72
27	71
28	69
29	67
30	65
31	63

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	68	32
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	75	25
31	77	23

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	12	88
4	13	87
5	14	86
6	16	84
7	17	83
8	19	81
9	20	80
10	21	79
11	23	77
12	25	75
13	26	74
14	27	73
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	32	68
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	35	65
24	36	64
25	37	63
26	38	62
27	39	61
28	41	59
29	42	58
30	44	56
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	90
3	90
4	89
5	88
6	87
7	86
8	85
9	84
10	83
11	82
12	81
13	80
14	79
15	79
16	78
17	78
18	77
19	77
20	77
21	76
22	76
23	75
24	74
25	73
26	72
27	71
28	69
29	67
30	65
31	63

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	68	32
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	75	25
31	77	23

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	12	88
4	13	87
5	14	86
6	16	84
7	17	83
8	19	81
9	20	80
10	21	79
11	23	77
12	25	75
13	26	74
14	27	73
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	32	68
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	35	65
24	36	64
25	37	63
26	38	62
27	39	61
28	41	59
29	42	58
30	44	56
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	90
3	90
4	89
5	88
6	87
7	86
8	85
9	84
10	83
11	82
12	81
13	80
14	79
15	79
16	78
17	78
18	77
19	77
20	77
21	76
22	76
23	75
24	74
25	73
26	72
27	71
28	69
29	67
30	65
31	63

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	68	32
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	75	25
31	77	23