Piripiri weather in May

In May, Piripiri sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 138 mm of rain across 13.4 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-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 23% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Piripiri's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Piripiri's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
10th warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
138 mm
13.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:49 AM – 5:38 PM
Cloud cover
63%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Piripiri 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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Piripiri reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°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 Piripiri

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.

Piripiri weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 24°20818.212.22.7
Feb32° / 23°25619.512.12.9
Mar31° / 23°36224.7122.8
Apr31° / 23°31722.911.93.0
May32° / 23°13813.411.83.7
Jun33° / 23°234.811.84.2
Jul33° / 23°9211.84.1
Aug35° / 24°20.311.93.4
Sep36° / 24°10.5122.6
Oct37° / 25°140.912.12.1
Nov37° / 25°172.412.22.1
Dec36° / 25°596.512.22.3

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 24% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12971
22971
33169
43268
53466
63565
73664
83862
94060
104159
114258
124258
134555
144555
154654
164852
174852
185050
195149
205248
215248
225347
235545
245545
255644
265743
275941
286040
296139
306238
316337

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Piripiri gets around 138 mm of rain over 13.4 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 44% and peaks near 66% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
166
264
363
461
559
657
755
853
951
1050
1148
1247
1345
1444
1543
1642
1741
1840
1940
2039
2137
2236
2335
2434
2533
2632
2731
2830
2929
3027
3126

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 82% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
104933
204933
305923
405932
506922
607912
707912
808902
909892
10010882
11010882
12011872
13012862
14113851
15114841
16114841
17115831
18116821
19117811
20118801
21119791
22120790
23122770
24123760
25124750
26226720
27228700
28230680
29232660
30234640
31336610

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 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
16calm
26calm
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66calm
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126calm
137calm
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308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 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 5:49 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 5:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.95:495:40
211.85:495:40
311.85:495:39
411.85:495:39
511.85:495:39
611.85:495:39
711.85:495:39
811.85:495:38
911.85:495:38
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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 5.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.02 kWh/m² to a high of 7.04 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.12 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Piripiri

In seasonPeak

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

Piripiri's monsoon runs January–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 Piripiri?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Piripiri.

What to pack for Piripiri in May

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

In May, Piripiri sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Piripiri 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 Piripiri peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Piripiri 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 Piripiri is worst in November — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.6× the cleanest month (July, 4 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateNov 1816 µg/m³Jul 155 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar12Moderate
Apr11Good
May8Good
Jun6Good
Jul4Good
Aug6Good
Sep7Good
Oct12Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Piripiri?

Piripiri sits at 4.3°S, 41.8°W, 164 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Pedro II, 39 km away.

Topography around Piripiri

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Piripiri has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 162 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 282 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 836 m.

The land around Piripiri is covered by trees (31%), artificial surfaces (25%) and shrubs (23%) within 3 km, trees (68%) within 16 km, and shrubs (41%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
82 m
16 km
282 m
80 km
836 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Pedro II 39 km · Piracuruca 39 km · Batalha 43 km · Barras 57 km · Esperantina 65 km · Campo Maior 75 km · Cocal 92 km · Carnaubal 93 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 Piripiri (-4.2733°, -41.7769°, elevation 164 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).