Pinheiro weather in May

In May, Pinheiro sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 248 mm of rain across 26.3 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-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 10% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Pinheiro's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pinheiro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
24°
7th coldest
Rainfall
248 mm
26.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:00 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover
73%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Pinheiro is human 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Pinheiro reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Pinheiro

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.

Pinheiro weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 24°19723.412.12.9
Feb30° / 24°25825.312.12.7
Mar30° / 24°36829.8122.6
Apr30° / 24°36728.711.92.6
May30° / 24°24826.311.93.0
Jun30° / 23°11620.211.93.7
Jul30° / 23°7616.311.94.4
Aug31° / 23°278.511.94.8
Sep32° / 24°143.7124.7
Oct33° / 24°163.712.14.4
Nov33° / 25°275.512.14.0
Dec33° / 25°6612.112.13.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 69%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21585
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41783
51882
61981
72179
82278
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102575
112575
122674
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304555
314753

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Pinheiro gets around 248 mm of rain over 26.3 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 85% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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23565
33565
43565
53466
63466
73367
83367
93268
103268
113169
123169
133169
143169
153169
163169
173268
183268
193367
203367
213466
223565
233664
243862
253961
264159
274258
284357
294555
304654
314753

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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 5:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:005:55
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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 4.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.06 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.37 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Pinheiro

In seasonPeak

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

Pinheiro's monsoon runs January–May, 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 Pinheiro?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pinheiro.

What to pack for Pinheiro in May

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

In May, Pinheiro sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Pinheiro in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pinheiro peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 15 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 17UV 15Jul 15UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Pinheiro 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 Pinheiro is worst in February — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (July, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateFeb 2018 µg/m³Jul 137 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May9Good
Jun8Good
Jul7Good
Aug8Good
Sep9Good
Oct10Good
Nov11Good
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Pinheiro?

Pinheiro sits at 2.5°S, 45.1°W, 9 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Palmeirândia, 25 km away.

Topography around Pinheiro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pinheiro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m.

The land around Pinheiro is covered by wetland (54%) within 3 km, trees (47%), grassland (30%) and wetland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

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20 m
16 km
101 m
80 km
169 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
May weather nearby: Palmeirândia 25 km · Presidente Sarney 32 km · Bequimão 34 km · São Bento 35 km · Santa Helena 40 km · Turilândia 42 km · São Vicente Ferrer 47 km · São João Batista 57 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 Pinheiro (-2.5214°, -45.0825°, elevation 9 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).