Paratinga weather in May

In May, Paratinga sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.6 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Paratinga's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Paratinga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
10th warmest
Overnight low
22°
5th coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
1.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
6:06 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover
49%
6th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Paratinga 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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Paratinga reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°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 Paratinga

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.

Paratinga weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 23°10010.212.73.7
Feb33° / 23°68912.43.7
Mar33° / 23°8210.512.13.7
Apr32° / 23°445.811.74.1
May32° / 22°81.611.44.6
Jun32° / 20°10.211.35.3
Jul32° / 19°0011.35.4
Aug33° / 20°10.111.64.6
Sep35° / 21°60.811.93.3
Oct35° / 23°334.512.32.7
Nov33° / 23°11510.912.63.2
Dec33° / 23°10810.612.73.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16139
26040
36040
46139
56040
65941
76040
85941
95941
105842
115842
125842
135842
145842
155842
165941
176040
186139
196139
206238
216337
226436
236535
246634
256733
266733
276931
286931
297030
307030
317030

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Paratinga gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.6 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 5% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
110
210
39
49
58
67
77
86
96
106
116
125
135
145
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 25% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11649386
21750375
31751365
41852354
51953343
611053333
711154322
811254312
911354302
1011455291
1111555281
1211655271
1311755261
1411855251
1511856241
1611956231
1712056221
1812057211
1912157201
2012257191
2112258181
2222357171
2322457161
2422557151
2522658140
2622659130
2722759120
2822859110
2922959100
3023157100
312325790

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
217calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 5:37 PM to 5:30 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:035:37
211.56:035:36
311.56:045:36
411.56:045:35
511.56:045:35
611.56:045:35
711.56:045:34
811.56:055:34
911.56:055:33
1011.56:055:33
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1211.56:065:33
1311.46:065:32
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3111.36:115:30

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.81 kWh/m² to a high of 6.68 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.02 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
25.2Bright
35.2Bright
45.2Bright
55.2Bright
65.2Bright
75.2Bright
85.1Bright
95.1Bright
105.1Bright
115.1Bright
125.1Bright
135.0Bright
145.0Bright
155.0Bright
165.0Bright
175.0Bright
185.0Bright
195.0Bright
205.0Bright
214.9Bright
224.9Bright
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244.9Bright
254.9Bright
264.9Bright
274.9Bright
284.9Bright
294.9Bright
304.9Bright
314.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Paratinga

In seasonPeak

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

Paratinga's rainy season runs November–March, 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 Paratinga?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.6
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Paratinga in May

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

In May, Paratinga sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Paratinga in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Paratinga peaks around February 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 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 highExtremeFeb 19UV 15Jul 10UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Paratinga?

Paratinga sits at 12.7°S, 43.2°W, 429 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Boquira, 51 km away.

Topography around Paratinga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Paratinga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 426 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 428 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 840 m.

The land around Paratinga is covered by grassland (33%) and shrubs (25%) within 3 km, shrubs (36%), trees (31%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and shrubs (40%), trees (34%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
428 m
80 km
840 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Boquira 51 km · Oliveira dos Brejinhos 52 km · Ibotirama 56 km · Macaúbas 64 km · Bom Jesus da Lapa 68 km · Serra Dourada 83 km · Santana 99 km · Serra do Ramalho 104 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 Paratinga (-12.6906°, -43.1842°, elevation 429 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).