Palmares weather in May

In May, Palmares sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 107 mm of rain across 22.6 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Palmares's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Palmares's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 107 mm; 22.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 5:30 AM – 5:07 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 12th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.19 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Palmares reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than 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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

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

How May really feels in Palmares

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Palmares weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 23°	53	16.1	12.4	4.1
Feb	31° / 23°	59	15.8	12.3	3.9
Mar	31° / 23°	73	18.6	12.1	3.8
Apr	30° / 23°	84	20.1	11.8	3.9
May	28° / 22°	107	22.6	11.6	4.3
Jun	27° / 21°	123	23.6	11.5	4.5
Jul	26° / 20°	112	23.5	11.5	4.7
Aug	26° / 20°	73	20.9	11.7	5.0
Sep	27° / 20°	53	17.1	11.9	5.4
Oct	29° / 21°	38	13.5	12.2	5.3
Nov	30° / 22°	28	10.3	12.4	5.0
Dec	31° / 22°	30	11.3	12.5	4.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

	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 (%)	44	43	43	44	44	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	44	44	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	49	49	50	50	50	51
Cloudier (%)	56	57	57	56	56	57	57	56	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	56	56	54	54	54	54	54	54	53	53	51	51	50	50	50	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	46	54
19	46	54
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	51	49

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Palmares gets around 107 mm of rain over 22.6 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 73% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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 (%)	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	72	72	73	73	74	75	75	76	76	77	77	78	78	78	78	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	70
2	70
3	70
4	70
5	70
6	70
7	70
8	70
9	70
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	70
14	71
15	71
16	72
17	72
18	73
19	73
20	74
21	75
22	75
23	76
24	76
25	77
26	77
27	78
28	78
29	78
30	78
31	78

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 84% 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
Muggy (%)	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Oppressive (%)	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	84	84	84	83	83	83	82	82	81	80	79	78	77	76

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	22	78
30	23	77
31	24	76

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	7	calm
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17	7	calm
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29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:29 AM to 5:34 AM, and sunset from 5:11 PM to 5:06 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)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:34
Sunset (PM)	5:11	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	5:29	5:11
2	11.7	5:29	5:10
3	11.7	5:29	5:10
4	11.7	5:29	5:10
5	11.7	5:29	5:09
6	11.7	5:29	5:09
7	11.7	5:29	5:09
8	11.7	5:29	5:08
9	11.6	5:29	5:08
10	11.6	5:30	5:08
11	11.6	5:30	5:08
12	11.6	5:30	5:07
13	11.6	5:30	5:07
14	11.6	5:30	5:07
15	11.6	5:30	5:07
16	11.6	5:30	5:07
17	11.6	5:31	5:07
18	11.6	5:31	5:06
19	11.6	5:31	5:06
20	11.6	5:31	5:06
21	11.6	5:31	5:06
22	11.6	5:32	5:06
23	11.6	5:32	5:06
24	11.6	5:32	5:06
25	11.6	5:32	5:06
26	11.6	5:33	5:06
27	11.6	5:33	5:06
28	11.5	5:33	5:06
29	11.5	5:33	5:06
30	11.5	5:33	5:06
31	11.5	5:34	5:06

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.8 kWh/m² to a high of 5.86 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 4.19 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

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

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Palmares

In seasonPeak

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

Palmares's rainy season runs February–August, 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 Palmares?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Palmares for sightseeing.

What to pack for Palmares in May

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

In May, Palmares sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

Sea temperature near Palmares in May

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 56 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	28	28	29	29	28	27	26	26	26	27	27	27
Comfort	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	28	Warm
Feb	28	Tropical
Mar	29	Tropical
Apr	29	Tropical
May	28	Tropical
Jun	27	Warm
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	26	Warm
Oct	27	Warm
Nov	27	Warm
Dec	27	Warm

UV index in Palmares 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 Palmares peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 17 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)	14	14	15	13	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Location & terrain

Where is Palmares?

Palmares sits at 8.7°S, 35.6°W, 115 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Água Preta, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Palmares

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Palmares has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 164 m around an average of 148 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 532 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,016 m.

The land around Palmares is covered by grassland (63%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) within 80 km.

3 km

164 m

grassland 63%

16 km

532 m

grassland 63%

80 km

1,016 m

grassland 58%

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

May weather nearby: Água Preta 7.0 km · Catende 14 km · Gameleira 25 km · Bonito 28 km · Colônia Leopoldina 29 km · Ribeirão 30 km · São Joaquim do Monte 36 km · Amaraji 37 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 Palmares (-8.6833°, -35.5917°, elevation 115 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	46	54
19	46	54
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	70
2	70
3	70
4	70
5	70
6	70
7	70
8	70
9	70
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	70
14	71
15	71
16	72
17	72
18	73
19	73
20	74
21	75
22	75
23	76
24	76
25	77
26	77
27	78
28	78
29	78
30	78
31	78

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	22	78
30	23	77
31	24	76

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	46	54
19	46	54
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	70
2	70
3	70
4	70
5	70
6	70
7	70
8	70
9	70
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	70
14	71
15	71
16	72
17	72
18	73
19	73
20	74
21	75
22	75
23	76
24	76
25	77
26	77
27	78
28	78
29	78
30	78
31	78

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	22	78
30	23	77
31	24	76

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	46	54
19	46	54
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	70
2	70
3	70
4	70
5	70
6	70
7	70
8	70
9	70
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	70
14	71
15	71
16	72
17	72
18	73
19	73
20	74
21	75
22	75
23	76
24	76
25	77
26	77
27	78
28	78
29	78
30	78
31	78

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	22	78
30	23	77
31	24	76