Piritiba weather in May

In May, Piritiba sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 46 mm of rain across 13.9 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Piritiba's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Piritiba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
9th warmest
Overnight low
19°
6th coldest
Rainfall
46 mm
13.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
5:55 AM – 5:22 PM
Cloud cover
67%
11th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
3.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Piritiba 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 27°C through the month.

A typical May day in Piritiba reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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312619

How May really feels in Piritiba

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.

Piritiba weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°8812.612.64.5
Feb30° / 21°6413.312.44.3
Mar30° / 21°8515.812.14.3
Apr29° / 20°5716.211.74.8
May27° / 19°4613.911.55.8
Jun25° / 18°4515.911.35.8
Jul25° / 17°4215.611.45.9
Aug26° / 17°3914.211.66.1
Sep28° / 18°3010.611.96.1
Oct30° / 19°378.112.35.5
Nov30° / 20°709.812.55.0
Dec30° / 20°7310.112.74.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24159
33961
43961
53961
63862
73862
83763
93763
103763
113664
123565
133664
143664
153664
163664
173763
183763
193763
203763
213961
223961
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263961
274060
284060
294060
303961
314060

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Piritiba gets around 46 mm of rain over 13.9 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 45% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
150
249
348
447
547
646
745
844
944
1043
1143
1243
1343
1443
1543
1643
1744
1844
1944
2045
2145
2245
2345
2446
2546
2646
2746
2847
2947
3048
3148

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 74% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 76% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1013843
2013843
3014833
4015823
5016813
6017803
7018802
8019792
9020782
10021763
11022753
12022753
13023743
14024733
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16125713
17126703
18126703
19126703
20126703
21126703
22126712
23126712
24227692
25227692
26227701
27228691
28229681
29229681
30230671
31231661

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 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 5:52 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 5:27 PM to 5:21 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.65:525:27
211.65:525:27
311.65:525:26
411.65:525:26
511.65:525:26
611.55:535:25
711.55:535:25
811.55:535:24
911.55:535:24
1011.55:535:24
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1211.55:545:23
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2011.45:565:22
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2811.45:585:21
2911.45:585:21
3011.45:585:21
3111.45:595:21

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.31 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 3.74 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.1Bright
24.0Bright
34.0Bright
44.0Moderate
54.0Moderate
63.9Moderate
73.9Moderate
83.9Moderate
93.8Moderate
103.8Moderate
113.8Moderate
123.8Moderate
133.8Moderate
143.8Moderate
153.7Moderate
163.7Moderate
173.7Moderate
183.7Moderate
193.7Moderate
203.7Moderate
213.7Moderate
223.6Moderate
233.6Moderate
243.6Moderate
253.6Moderate
263.6Moderate
273.6Moderate
283.6Moderate
293.6Moderate
303.5Moderate
313.5Moderate
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Piritiba?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Piritiba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Piritiba in May

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

In May, Piritiba sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Piritiba 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 Piritiba peaks around February 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 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 highExtremeFeb 19UV 15Jul 10UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Piritiba?

Piritiba sits at 11.7°S, 40.6°W, 542 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Mundo Novo, 17 km away.

Topography around Piritiba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Piritiba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m around an average of 547 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 474 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,055 m.

The land around Piritiba is covered by grassland (53%) and shrubs (28%) within 3 km, trees (37%), grassland (37%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (42%), shrubs (29%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
136 m
16 km
474 m
80 km
1,055 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Mundo Novo 17 km · Tapiramutá 29 km · Miguel Calmon 34 km · Mairi 44 km · Baixa Grande 49 km · Jacobina 61 km · Ruy Barbosa 62 km · Morro do Chapéu 69 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 Piritiba (-11.7303°, -40.5553°, elevation 542 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).