Santa Maria da Vitória weather in May

In May, Santa Maria da Vitória sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.2 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 8th-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 39% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Santa Maria da Vitória's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Maria da Vitória's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
20°
4th coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
2.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
6:12 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover
50%
5th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Santa Maria da Vitória 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 Santa Maria da Vitória reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Santa Maria da Vitória

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.

Santa Maria da Vitória weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°12113.812.74.4
Feb30° / 21°10112.712.44.3
Mar30° / 21°12514.612.14.3
Apr30° / 21°597.911.75.0
May30° / 20°112.211.45.8
Jun30° / 19°20.311.26.7
Jul29° / 18°00.111.36.9
Aug31° / 18°00.111.66.0
Sep33° / 20°91.511.94.4
Oct33° / 22°556.512.33.7
Nov31° / 22°15715.212.63.8
Dec30° / 21°13714.812.84.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16238
26238
36238
46238
56139
66139
76139
86139
96139
106040
115941
125941
135941
145842
155842
165842
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185842
195941
205941
216040
226139
236139
246337
256436
266535
276733
286832
296931
307129
317129

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Santa Maria da Vitória gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.2 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 7% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
113
213
312
412
511
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710
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99
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 19% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
121152341
221252331
321352321
421452311
521651301
621753280
721853270
821953260
922053250
1022153240
1122253230
1222353220
1322453210
1432551210
1532651200
1632751190
1732851180
1832951170
1932951170
2033051160
2143150150
2243250140
2343350130
2443450120
2543550110
2643649100
275374990
285384880
295394870
306404770
316424660

Wind in May

Winds average 8 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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48calm
58calm
68calm
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118calm
128calm
138calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 18 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 6:08 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 5:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:085:40
211.56:085:39
311.56:085:39
411.56:095:39
511.56:095:38
611.56:095:38
711.56:095:37
811.56:105:37
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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 4.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.73 kWh/m² to a high of 6.47 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.9 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Santa Maria da Vitória

In seasonPeak

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

Santa Maria da Vitória's rainy season runs November–March, 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 Santa Maria da Vitória?

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
8.1
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Santa Maria da Vitória for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Santa Maria da Vitória in May

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

In May, Santa Maria da Vitória sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Santa Maria da Vitória 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 Santa Maria da Vitória peaks around February 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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 18UV 15Jun 23UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Santa Maria da Vitória?

Santa Maria da Vitória sits at 13.4°S, 44.2°W, 464 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is São Félix do Coribe, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Santa Maria da Vitória

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Maria da Vitória has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 179 m around an average of 462 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 298 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 419 m.

The land around Santa Maria da Vitória is covered by grassland (36%), shrubs (21%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (41%), grassland (30%) and shrubs (23%) within 16 km, and shrubs (43%), trees (27%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
179 m
16 km
298 m
80 km
419 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: São Félix do Coribe 1.0 km · Correntina 48 km · Santana 48 km · Serra do Ramalho 69 km · Serra Dourada 75 km · Bom Jesus da Lapa 86 km · Cocos 96 km · Carinhanha 112 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 Santa Maria da Vitória (-13.3881°, -44.1987°, elevation 464 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).