Rurópolis weather in May

In May, Rurópolis sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 209 mm of rain across 26.9 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 5th-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 6% 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 Rurópolis's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rurópolis's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
22°
5th coldest
Rainfall
209 mm
26.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:41 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover
81%
8th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

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 Rurópolis 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 28°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 Rurópolis

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.

Rurópolis weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°28828.312.22.8
Feb30° / 22°28826.112.12.8
Mar30° / 22°33629.4122.7
Apr30° / 22°29528.811.92.6
May30° / 22°20926.911.82.9
Jun31° / 22°8016.111.83.8
Jul32° / 22°5611.411.83.9
Aug34° / 22°429.811.93.3
Sep34° / 23°7012.7122.9
Oct33° / 23°1111712.12.8
Nov32° / 23°15820.512.22.8
Dec31° / 23°20424.312.22.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1595
2595
3595
4694
5694
6793
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Rurópolis gets around 209 mm of rain over 26.9 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 86% and peaks near 93% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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1090
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2184
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3172

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 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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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 6:41 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 4.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.1 kWh/m² to a high of 5.86 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.15 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Rurópolis

In seasonPeak

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

Rurópolis's rainy season runs November–May, 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 Rurópolis?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Rurópolis.

What to pack for Rurópolis in May

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

In May, Rurópolis sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Rurópolis 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 Rurópolis peaks around February 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 17 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 21UV 15Nov 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Rurópolis 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 Rurópolis is worst in November — around 62 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.2× the cleanest month (June, 9 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModeratePoorUnhealthyNov 962 µg/m³Jun 179 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr12Moderate
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul10Good
Aug19Moderate
Sep38Poor
Oct62Unhealthy
Nov62Unhealthy
Dec27Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Rurópolis?

Rurópolis sits at 4.1°S, 54.9°W, 142 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Aveiro, 72 km away.

Topography around Rurópolis

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rurópolis has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m around an average of 133 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 319 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 471 m.

The land around Rurópolis is covered by trees (46%) and grassland (46%) within 3 km, trees (71%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (89%) within 80 km.

3 km
136 m
16 km
319 m
80 km
471 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Aveiro 72 km · Placas 81 km · Itaituba 121 km · Trairão 126 km · Uruará 137 km · Mojuí dos Campos 160 km · Belterra 162 km · Santarém 185 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 Rurópolis (-4.0956°, -54.9103°, elevation 142 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).