Paulo Afonso weather in May

In May, Paulo Afonso sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 30 mm of rain across 8.1 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. 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 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 Paulo Afonso's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Paulo Afonso's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 30 mm; 8.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 5:42 AM – 5:16 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 9th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.34 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

Paulo Afonso is village.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical May day in Paulo Afonso 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 27°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
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22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	29	21
31	29	21

How May really feels in Paulo Afonso

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 15 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

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Paulo Afonso weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 23°	38	5.3	12.5	3.4
Feb	34° / 23°	34	6.1	12.3	3.4
Mar	33° / 23°	39	8	12.1	3.5
Apr	32° / 23°	29	7	11.8	4.2
May	30° / 22°	30	8.1	11.6	5.2
Jun	28° / 21°	24	8.4	11.5	6.2
Jul	27° / 20°	21	7.4	11.5	6.6
Aug	28° / 19°	18	6.6	11.7	6.3
Sep	31° / 20°	10	3.4	11.9	5.5
Oct	33° / 21°	11	1.6	12.2	4.4
Nov	34° / 22°	14	2.5	12.4	3.6
Dec	34° / 23°	19	2.9	12.5	3.4

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 28% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	49	49	49	49	48	49	49	50	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	52	52	51	52	52	53	53	53	54	54
Cloudier (%)	51	51	51	51	52	51	51	50	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	48	48	49	48	48	47	47	47	46	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	50	50
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
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22	52	48
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24	51	49
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	54	46
31	54	46

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Paulo Afonso gets around 30 mm of rain over 8.1 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 26% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	25	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	26
5	26
6	25
7	25
8	25
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30	27
31	27

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 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 96% 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
Humid (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Muggy (%)	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	68	67	68	68	69	69	70	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	71	73	74	75	76	77	79	81	82
Oppressive (%)	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	16	15

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	64	33
2	3	64	33
3	3	65	32
4	3	65	32
5	3	66	31
6	3	66	31
7	3	67	30
8	3	68	29
9	4	67	29
10	4	68	28
11	4	68	28
12	4	69	27
13	4	69	27
14	4	70	26
15	5	69	26
16	5	69	26
17	5	69	26
18	5	69	26
19	5	69	26
20	5	69	26
21	5	70	25
22	5	70	25
23	5	71	24
24	4	73	23
25	4	74	22
26	4	75	21
27	4	76	20
28	4	77	19
29	3	79	18
30	3	81	16
31	3	82	15

Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light 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 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 5:40 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 5:20 PM to 5:15 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	11.6	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	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45
Sunset (PM)	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:18	5:18	5:18	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	5:40	5:20
2	11.7	5:40	5:20
3	11.7	5:40	5:20
4	11.7	5:40	5:19
5	11.6	5:40	5:19
6	11.6	5:40	5:19
7	11.6	5:41	5:18
8	11.6	5:41	5:18
9	11.6	5:41	5:18
10	11.6	5:41	5:17
11	11.6	5:41	5:17
12	11.6	5:41	5:17
13	11.6	5:41	5:17
14	11.6	5:42	5:17
15	11.6	5:42	5:16
16	11.6	5:42	5:16
17	11.6	5:42	5:16
18	11.6	5:42	5:16
19	11.6	5:43	5:16
20	11.5	5:43	5:16
21	11.5	5:43	5:16
22	11.5	5:43	5:15
23	11.5	5:43	5:15
24	11.5	5:44	5:15
25	11.5	5:44	5:15
26	11.5	5:44	5:15
27	11.5	5:44	5:15
28	11.5	5:45	5:15
29	11.5	5:45	5:15
30	11.5	5:45	5:15
31	11.5	5:45	5:15

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.81 kWh/m² to a high of 6.64 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.34 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)	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.0	Bright
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Paulo Afonso?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

7.1

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Paulo Afonso in May

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

In May, Paulo Afonso sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Paulo Afonso 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 Paulo Afonso peaks around February 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (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	15	15	13	10	9	9	10	12	13	13	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	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Paulo Afonso?

Paulo Afonso sits at 9.4°S, 38.2°W, 245 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Glória, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Paulo Afonso

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Paulo Afonso has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 m around an average of 235 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 520 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 833 m.

The land around Paulo Afonso is covered by water (27%), shrubs (26%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, shrubs (45%) and grassland (42%) within 16 km, and shrubs (60%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

128 m

water 27%

16 km

520 m

shrubs 45%

80 km

833 m

shrubs 60%

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

May weather nearby: Glória 9.0 km · Delmiro Gouveia 24 km · Tacaratu 34 km · Água Branca 35 km · Petrolândia 47 km · Canindé de São Francisco 55 km · Inhapi 55 km · Piranhas 56 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 Paulo Afonso (-9.4061°, -38.2147°, elevation 245 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
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28	29	21
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30	29	21
31	29	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	50	50
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	51	49
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	54	46
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	26
5	26
6	25
7	25
8	25
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10	24
11	24
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23	26
24	27
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26	27
27	27
28	27
29	27
30	27
31	27

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	64	33
2	3	64	33
3	3	65	32
4	3	65	32
5	3	66	31
6	3	66	31
7	3	67	30
8	3	68	29
9	4	67	29
10	4	68	28
11	4	68	28
12	4	69	27
13	4	69	27
14	4	70	26
15	5	69	26
16	5	69	26
17	5	69	26
18	5	69	26
19	5	69	26
20	5	69	26
21	5	70	25
22	5	70	25
23	5	71	24
24	4	73	23
25	4	74	22
26	4	75	21
27	4	76	20
28	4	77	19
29	3	79	18
30	3	81	16
31	3	82	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	50	50
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
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18	51	49
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24	51	49
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	53	47
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30	54	46
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	26
5	26
6	25
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10	24
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27	27
28	27
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30	27
31	27

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	64	33
2	3	64	33
3	3	65	32
4	3	65	32
5	3	66	31
6	3	66	31
7	3	67	30
8	3	68	29
9	4	67	29
10	4	68	28
11	4	68	28
12	4	69	27
13	4	69	27
14	4	70	26
15	5	69	26
16	5	69	26
17	5	69	26
18	5	69	26
19	5	69	26
20	5	69	26
21	5	70	25
22	5	70	25
23	5	71	24
24	4	73	23
25	4	74	22
26	4	75	21
27	4	76	20
28	4	77	19
29	3	79	18
30	3	81	16
31	3	82	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	50	50
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	51	49
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	54	46
31	54	46

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	64	33
2	3	64	33
3	3	65	32
4	3	65	32
5	3	66	31
6	3	66	31
7	3	67	30
8	3	68	29
9	4	67	29
10	4	68	28
11	4	68	28
12	4	69	27
13	4	69	27
14	4	70	26
15	5	69	26
16	5	69	26
17	5	69	26
18	5	69	26
19	5	69	26
20	5	69	26
21	5	70	25
22	5	70	25
23	5	71	24
24	4	73	23
25	4	74	22
26	4	75	21
27	4	76	20
28	4	77	19
29	3	79	18
30	3	81	16
31	3	82	15