Santa Cecília weather in May

In May, Santa Cecília sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 119 mm of rain across 10.8 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of May to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Santa Cecília's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Cecília's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 119 mm; 10.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 7:58 AM – 6:38 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 4th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 2.96 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical May day in Santa Cecília reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C cooler than April and about 1°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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Santa Cecília weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 16°	219	21.9	13.5	4.8
Feb	25° / 16°	201	20	13	4.9
Mar	24° / 15°	142	17.5	12.2	5.6
Apr	22° / 13°	102	11.6	11.4	6.3
May	19° / 10°	119	10.8	10.7	5.8
Jun	17° / 9°	128	10.5	10.3	5.5
Jul	17° / 8°	110	9.9	10.5	5.7
Aug	19° / 9°	111	9.4	11	6.4
Sep	20° / 11°	183	12.9	11.8	5.8
Oct	22° / 13°	201	17	12.6	5.4
Nov	23° / 14°	155	16.1	13.3	5.8
Dec	25° / 16°	198	19	13.7	5.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

	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 (%)	42	43	43	42	42	42	42	40	40	41	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	40	40	40	40	42	42	42	42	43	43	44	44	45	45
Cloudier (%)	58	57	57	58	58	58	58	60	60	59	59	59	60	60	60	61	61	60	60	60	60	58	58	58	58	57	57	56	56	55	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	42	58
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	45	55
31	45	55

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Santa Cecília gets around 119 mm of rain over 10.8 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 35% and peaks near 36% 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 (%)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	34

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 67% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	53	54	56	57	58	60	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	66	67	68	69	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	76	77	77	77	77	77
Comfortable (%)	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	29	28	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	20
Humid (%)	11	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	53	36	11
2	54	36	10
3	56	35	9
4	57	35	8
5	58	35	7
6	60	34	6
7	60	34	6
8	61	34	5
9	62	33	5
10	63	33	4
11	64	32	4
12	65	32	3
13	66	31	3
14	66	31	3
15	67	30	3
16	68	29	3
17	69	28	3
18	69	28	3
19	70	27	3
20	71	26	3
21	72	25	3
22	73	24	3
23	74	23	3
24	75	22	3
25	76	21	3
26	76	21	3
27	77	20	3
28	77	20	3
29	77	20	3
30	77	20	3
31	77	20	3

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of May to 10 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:49 AM to 8:06 AM, and sunset from 6:49 PM to 6:32 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)	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:49	7:50	7:50	7:51	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:53	7:54	7:54	7:55	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:57	7:58	7:58	7:59	7:59	8:00	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:02	8:03	8:03	8:04	8:04	8:05	8:05	8:06
Sunset (PM)	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	7:49	6:49
2	11.0	7:50	6:48
3	10.9	7:50	6:47
4	10.9	7:51	6:46
5	10.9	7:51	6:45
6	10.9	7:52	6:45
7	10.9	7:53	6:44
8	10.8	7:53	6:43
9	10.8	7:54	6:43
10	10.8	7:54	6:42
11	10.8	7:55	6:41
12	10.8	7:55	6:41
13	10.7	7:56	6:40
14	10.7	7:57	6:39
15	10.7	7:57	6:39
16	10.7	7:58	6:38
17	10.7	7:58	6:38
18	10.6	7:59	6:37
19	10.6	7:59	6:37
20	10.6	8:00	6:36
21	10.6	8:00	6:36
22	10.6	8:01	6:35
23	10.6	8:02	6:35
24	10.5	8:02	6:35
25	10.5	8:03	6:34
26	10.5	8:03	6:34
27	10.5	8:04	6:33
28	10.5	8:04	6:33
29	10.5	8:05	6:33
30	10.5	8:05	6:33
31	10.4	8:06	6:32

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 2.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.62 kWh/m² to a high of 5.74 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 2.96 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)	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.2	Moderate
9	3.2	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.1	Moderate
12	3.1	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	2.8	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.8	Moderate
23	2.8	Moderate
24	2.8	Moderate
25	2.8	Moderate
26	2.7	Moderate
27	2.7	Moderate
28	2.7	Moderate
29	2.7	Moderate
30	2.7	Moderate
31	2.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Santa Cecília?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

2.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Santa Cecília for sightseeing.

What to pack for Santa Cecília in May

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

In May, Santa Cecília sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Santa Cecília in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Santa Cecília peaks around January 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 5 (moderate).

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)	15	14	12	9	6	5	5	6	8	10	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	High
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Santa Cecília?

Santa Cecília sits at 27.0°S, 50.4°W, 1,097 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Curitibanos, 39 km away.

Topography around Santa Cecília

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Cecília has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 232 m around an average of 1,098 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 723 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,177 m.

The land around Santa Cecília is covered by trees (63%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (75%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

3 km

232 m

trees 63%

16 km

723 m

trees 75%

80 km

1,177 m

trees 73%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← April Santa Cecília year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Curitibanos 39 km · Taió 46 km · Fraiburgo 50 km · Pouso Redondo 59 km · Caçador 62 km · Otacílio Costa 65 km · Correia Pinto 70 km · Papanduva 71 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 Santa Cecília (-26.9608°, -50.4269°, elevation 1,097 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	20	11
2	20	11
3	20	11
4	20	11
5	20	11
6	20	11
7	19	11
8	19	11
9	19	10
10	19	10
11	19	10
12	19	10
13	19	10
14	19	10
15	18	10
16	18	10
17	18	10
18	18	10
19	18	10
20	18	10
21	18	9
22	18	9
23	18	9
24	18	9
25	18	9
26	18	9
27	17	9
28	17	9
29	17	9
30	17	9
31	17	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	42	58
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	45	55
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	53	36	11
2	54	36	10
3	56	35	9
4	57	35	8
5	58	35	7
6	60	34	6
7	60	34	6
8	61	34	5
9	62	33	5
10	63	33	4
11	64	32	4
12	65	32	3
13	66	31	3
14	66	31	3
15	67	30	3
16	68	29	3
17	69	28	3
18	69	28	3
19	70	27	3
20	71	26	3
21	72	25	3
22	73	24	3
23	74	23	3
24	75	22	3
25	76	21	3
26	76	21	3
27	77	20	3
28	77	20	3
29	77	20	3
30	77	20	3
31	77	20	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	42	58
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	45	55
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	53	36	11
2	54	36	10
3	56	35	9
4	57	35	8
5	58	35	7
6	60	34	6
7	60	34	6
8	61	34	5
9	62	33	5
10	63	33	4
11	64	32	4
12	65	32	3
13	66	31	3
14	66	31	3
15	67	30	3
16	68	29	3
17	69	28	3
18	69	28	3
19	70	27	3
20	71	26	3
21	72	25	3
22	73	24	3
23	74	23	3
24	75	22	3
25	76	21	3
26	76	21	3
27	77	20	3
28	77	20	3
29	77	20	3
30	77	20	3
31	77	20	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	42	58
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	45	55
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	53	36	11
2	54	36	10
3	56	35	9
4	57	35	8
5	58	35	7
6	60	34	6
7	60	34	6
8	61	34	5
9	62	33	5
10	63	33	4
11	64	32	4
12	65	32	3
13	66	31	3
14	66	31	3
15	67	30	3
16	68	29	3
17	69	28	3
18	69	28	3
19	70	27	3
20	71	26	3
21	72	25	3
22	73	24	3
23	74	23	3
24	75	22	3
25	76	21	3
26	76	21	3
27	77	20	3
28	77	20	3
29	77	20	3
30	77	20	3
31	77	20	3