Paulista weather in May

In May, Paulista sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 146 mm of rain across 23.8 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-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 40% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Paulista's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Paulista's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
7th warmest
Overnight low
25°
6th coldest
Rainfall
146 mm
23.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
5:27 AM – 5:05 PM
Cloud cover
52%
9th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Paulista 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 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Paulista reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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

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.

Paulista weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 25°5315.912.45.0
Feb29° / 26°611512.34.8
Mar29° / 26°8218.412.14.6
Apr29° / 25°12421.211.84.3
May28° / 25°14623.811.64.5
Jun27° / 24°1622411.54.6
Jul26° / 23°1432411.64.8
Aug26° / 23°822111.75.2
Sep27° / 24°4515.3126.0
Oct28° / 24°3112.412.26.3
Nov28° / 25°249.812.46.0
Dec29° / 25°2910.712.55.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
25941
35941
45941
56040
66040
76139
86139
96337
106337
116436
126535
136535
146733
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Paulista gets around 146 mm of rain over 23.8 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 76% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
173
273
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473
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674
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874
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1777
1878
1978
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2179
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2679
2779
2879
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3078
3178

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 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11909
21909
31909
41918
51918
61918
71918
81918
91927
101927
111927
121936
132926
142935
152935
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203934
213943
223943
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243943
254933
264942
274942
285932
295932
306922
316931

Wind in May

Winds average 16 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
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515light breeze
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815light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 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 5:25 AM to 5:30 AM, and sunset from 5:08 PM to 5:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:255:08
211.75:255:08
311.75:255:08
411.75:255:07
511.75:255:07
611.75:255:07
711.75:255:07
811.75:265:06
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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 4.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.39 kWh/m² to a high of 6.43 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.8 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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304.6Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Paulista

In seasonPeak

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

Paulista's rainy season runs March–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 Paulista?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Paulista for sightseeing.

What to pack for Paulista in May

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

In May, Paulista sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Paulista 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 20 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.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec28Warm

UV index in Paulista 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 Paulista peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 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 highExtremeMar 13UV 15Jul 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Paulista?

Paulista sits at 7.9°S, 34.9°W, 20 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Abreu e Lima, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Paulista

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Paulista has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 725 m.

The land around Paulista is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and trees (41%) within 3 km, water (38%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%) and water (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
154 m
80 km
725 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
May weather nearby: Abreu e Lima 5.0 km · Olinda 8.0 km · Igarassu 12 km · Recife 13 km · Camaragibe 15 km · São Lourenço da Mata 17 km · Itapissuma 18 km · Ilha de Itamaracá 22 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 Paulista (-7.9408°, -34.8731°, elevation 20 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).