Santa Quitéria weather in May

In May, Santa Quitéria sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 78 mm of rain across 11.8 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 26% 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 Santa Quitéria's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Quitéria's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
10th warmest
Overnight low
23°
4th coldest
Rainfall
78 mm
11.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:43 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover
61%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Santa Quitéria is 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 Santa Quitéria 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 on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13123
23123
33123
43123
53223
63223
73223
83223
93223
103223
113223
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How May really feels in Santa Quitéria

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.

Santa Quitéria 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
Jan34° / 24°1031512.22.8
Feb32° / 24°13017.512.12.9
Mar32° / 23°19722.2122.9
Apr31° / 23°1952111.93.1
May32° / 23°7811.811.83.9
Jun32° / 23°235.111.84.4
Jul33° / 23°132.311.84.4
Aug34° / 23°50.611.93.8
Sep35° / 24°10.2123.2
Oct36° / 24°50.412.12.7
Nov36° / 24°50.912.22.6
Dec35° / 25°233.912.22.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 50%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23565
33664
43763
53862
64060
74159
84357
94456
104555
114654
124753
134753
144753
154852
164951
175050
185149
195248
205347
215446
225545
235644
245743
255941
266040
276139
286238
296337
306436
316535

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Santa Quitéria gets around 78 mm of rain over 11.8 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 39% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
160
258
356
454
552
650
748
846
944
1042
1141
1240
1339
1438
1537
1637
1736
1836
1935
2034
2134
2233
2332
2431
2530
2629
2728
2826
2925
3024
3123

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 77% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
116921
217911
318901
419891
5110881
6111871
7112861
8113851
9114841
10115831
11116830
12117820
13118810
14119800
15120790
16121780
17121780
18122770
19123760
20124750
21126730
22127720
23128710
24129700
25131680
26132670
27233650
28235630
29236620
30338590
31340570

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 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
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

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 5:42 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 5:33 PM to 5:31 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.95:425:33
211.85:425:33
311.85:425:33
411.85:425:33
511.85:425:32
611.85:425:32
711.85:425:32
811.85:425:32
911.85:425:32
1011.85:425:32
1111.85:425:31
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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 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.03 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
24.9Bright
34.9Bright
44.9Bright
54.9Bright
65.0Bright
75.0Bright
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265.0Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Santa Quitéria

In seasonPeak

None of Santa Quitéria'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 Quitéria'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 Santa Quitéria?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.1
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Santa Quitéria. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Santa Quitéria in May

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

In May, Santa Quitéria sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Santa Quitéria 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 Santa Quitéria peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 15UV 15Jun 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Santa Quitéria?

Santa Quitéria sits at 4.3°S, 40.2°W, 198 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Hidrolândia, 29 km away.

Topography around Santa Quitéria

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Quitéria has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 204 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 636 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,069 m.

The land around Santa Quitéria is covered by grassland (59%) and shrubs (30%) within 3 km, shrubs (76%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (75%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
636 m
80 km
1,069 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Hidrolândia 29 km · Varjota 39 km · Reriutaba 52 km · Monsenhor Tabosa 52 km · Cariré 55 km · Tamboril 59 km · Forquilha 60 km · Nova Russas 61 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 Quitéria (-4.3319°, -40.1567°, elevation 198 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).