Parambu weather in May

In May, Parambu sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 46 mm of rain across 7.4 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Parambu's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Parambu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
10th warmest
Overnight low
21°
5th coldest
Rainfall
46 mm
7.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:47 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover
60%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Parambu is District of the municipality of Parambu, Ceará, 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 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Parambu reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°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)
12921
22921
32921
42921
52921
62921
72921
82921
92921
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312920

How May really feels in Parambu

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Parambu weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°11716.412.34.1
Feb29° / 21°11717.312.24.1
Mar29° / 21°14320.9124.1
Apr29° / 21°10916.711.94.6
May29° / 21°467.411.75.7
Jun29° / 20°132.211.66.4
Jul30° / 19°50.911.76.3
Aug31° / 19°30.411.85.8
Sep32° / 20°30.3125.0
Oct33° / 21°71.112.14.4
Nov33° / 22°102.112.34.3
Dec32° / 22°366.212.44.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
24060
34060
44159
54159
64159
74357
84456
94456
104555
114654
124654
134654
144654
154753
164852
174852
184951
195050
205050
215248
225248
235347
245446
255545
265644
275743
285842
295941
305941
316040

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Parambu gets around 46 mm of rain over 7.4 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 24% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
140
238
337
435
533
632
730
829
927
1026
1125
1224
1324
1423
1523
1623
1723
1822
1922
2022
2121
2221
2321
2420
2519
2619
2718
2817
2916
3015
3114

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 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 71% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11127611
21127710
31137610
4114769
5115759
6116749
7117748
8119728
9120718
10121717
11122707
12123697
13124687
14125677
15126676
16127666
17128656
18228655
19229645
20231634
21232624
22233623
23234613
24236593
25237592
26239572
27341542
28343531
29345511
30447491
31449461

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
310calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
1411calm
1511calm
1611calm
1712calm
1812calm
1912calm
2012calm
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2412calm
2512light breeze
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2812light breeze
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3013light breeze
3113light breeze

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 5:46 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 5:34 PM to 5:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:465:34
211.85:465:33
311.85:465:33
411.85:465:33
511.85:475:32
611.85:475:32
711.85:475:32
811.85:475:32
911.75:475:32
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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 4.83 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.83 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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44.8Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Parambu

In seasonPeak

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

Parambu'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 Parambu?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Parambu in May

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

In May, Parambu sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Parambu 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 Parambu peaks around March 11 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 11UV 16Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Parambu?

Parambu sits at 6.2°S, 40.7°W, 478 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Quiterianópolis, 41 km away.

Topography around Parambu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Parambu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 489 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 410 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 615 m.

The land around Parambu is covered by shrubs (58%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, shrubs (81%) within 16 km, and shrubs (85%) within 80 km.

3 km
83 m
16 km
410 m
80 km
615 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Quiterianópolis 41 km · Tauá 50 km · São João dos Inhamuns 51 km · Pio IX 70 km · Novo Oriente 76 km · Ipueiras 95 km · Independência 100 km · Campos Sales 102 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 Parambu (-6.2111°, -40.6944°, elevation 478 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).