Parauapebas weather in May

In May, Parauapebas sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 102 mm of rain across 17.8 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Parauapebas's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Parauapebas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
22°
6th coldest
Rainfall
102 mm
17.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:24 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover
68%
6th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Parauapebas reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C cooler than June.

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

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.

Parauapebas weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 22°2512912.33.1
Feb29° / 22°23526.412.23.1
Mar29° / 22°24629.1123.1
Apr29° / 22°18926.411.93.2
May30° / 22°10217.811.74.1
Jun31° / 21°204.911.75.4
Jul32° / 21°9211.75.3
Aug32° / 22°61.511.84.9
Sep32° / 22°255124.6
Oct31° / 22°7012.712.14.2
Nov30° / 22°14020.312.33.7
Dec29° / 22°18325.312.33.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22179
32278
42377
52476
62575
72575
82773
92971
103070
113268
123367
133565
143664
153862
163961
174060
184159
194159
204357
214357
224456
234456
244654
254753
264852
275050
285149
295248
305446
315545

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Parauapebas gets around 102 mm of rain over 17.8 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 57% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
177
276
374
473
571
670
768
866
964
1063
1161
1260
1359
1458
1557
1656
1756
1855
1954
2053
2152
2251
2350
2449
2547
2646
2744
2843
2941
3039
3136

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 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11972
21972
31972
41972
51981
61981
72971
82971
92971
102971
112971
122971
132971
142971
152971
163970
173970
183970
194960
204960
215950
226940
237930
249910
2510900
2612880
2713870
2815850
2917830
3020800
3122780

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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265calm
276calm
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306calm
316calm

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 6:23 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:236:11
211.86:236:10
311.86:236:10
411.86:236:10
511.86:236:09
611.86:236:09
711.86:236:09
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911.86:236:09
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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 4.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.13 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.57 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.4Bright
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44.4Bright
54.5Bright
64.5Bright
74.5Bright
84.5Bright
94.5Bright
104.5Bright
114.5Bright
124.6Bright
134.6Bright
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294.8Bright
304.8Bright
314.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Parauapebas

In seasonPeak

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

Parauapebas's monsoon runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Parauapebas?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Parauapebas for sightseeing.

What to pack for Parauapebas in May

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

In May, Parauapebas sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Parauapebas 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 Parauapebas peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 10 (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 11UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Parauapebas 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 Parauapebas is worst in September — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.7× the cleanest month (June, 6 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateSep 1937 µg/m³Jun 236 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb11Good
Mar11Good
Apr11Good
May9Good
Jun6Good
Jul6Good
Aug18Moderate
Sep39Poor
Oct30Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Parauapebas?

Parauapebas sits at 6.1°S, 49.9°W, 169 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Curionópolis, 34 km away.

Topography around Parauapebas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Parauapebas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 133 m around an average of 171 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 547 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 838 m.

The land around Parauapebas is covered by trees (47%) and artificial surfaces (40%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and trees (49%) within 80 km.

3 km
133 m
16 km
547 m
80 km
838 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Curionópolis 34 km · Canaã dos Carajás 51 km · Eldorado dos Carajás 61 km · Água Azul do Norte 102 km · Marabá 114 km · Xinguara 115 km · Itupiranga 122 km · Rio Maria 139 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 Parauapebas (-6.0675°, -49.9022°, elevation 169 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).