São Joaquim do Monte weather in May

In May, São Joaquim do Monte sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 87 mm of rain across 19.1 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-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 13% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is São Joaquim do Monte's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see São Joaquim do Monte's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 87 mm; 19.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 5:31 AM – 5:08 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.2 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

São Joaquim do Monte is settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 São Joaquim do Monte reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 2°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

São Joaquim do Monte weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 21°	48	14.8	12.4	4.9
Feb	29° / 21°	52	14	12.3	4.8
Mar	29° / 21°	62	16.7	12.1	4.7
Apr	28° / 21°	68	17.6	11.8	4.9
May	27° / 20°	87	19.1	11.6	5.2
Jun	25° / 20°	101	20.1	11.5	5.2
Jul	24° / 19°	92	21.1	11.6	5.2
Aug	25° / 18°	64	18.6	11.7	5.5
Sep	26° / 19°	48	15.1	12	6.0
Oct	27° / 19°	35	11.5	12.2	6.3
Nov	28° / 20°	25	8.7	12.4	6.0
Dec	29° / 21°	31	10.3	12.5	5.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 31% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

	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	42	42	42	42	41	42	42	43	43	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	46	48	48
Cloudier (%)	58	58	58	58	58	59	58	58	57	57	56	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	53	54	52	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	48	52
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

São Joaquim do Monte gets around 87 mm of rain over 19.1 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 61% and peaks near 65% 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 (%)	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	60	60	59	59	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	60	60	61	61	62	62	63	64	64	64	64	65	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	61
5	61
6	61
7	61
8	60
9	60
10	59
11	59
12	58
13	58
14	58
15	58
16	59
17	59
18	59
19	60
20	60
21	61
22	61
23	62
24	62
25	63
26	64
27	64
28	64
29	64
30	65
31	65

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 63% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

	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
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Muggy (%)	52	52	53	53	54	54	55	56	57	58	58	59	59	60	61	62	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	75	76	78
Oppressive (%)	47	47	46	46	45	45	44	43	43	42	41	40	40	39	38	37	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	24	23	21

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	52	47
2	1	52	47
3	1	53	46
4	1	53	46
5	1	54	45
6	1	54	45
7	1	55	44
8	1	56	43
9	0	57	43
10	0	58	42
11	1	58	41
12	1	59	40
13	1	59	40
14	1	60	39
15	1	61	38
16	1	62	37
17	1	62	37
18	1	63	36
19	1	64	35
20	1	65	34
21	1	66	33
22	1	67	32
23	1	68	31
24	1	69	30
25	1	70	29
26	1	71	28
27	1	72	27
28	1	73	26
29	1	75	24
30	1	76	23
31	1	78	21

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
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7	9	calm
8	9	calm
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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
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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	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 30 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 5:29 AM to 5:34 AM, and sunset from 5:12 PM to 5:07 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)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:34
Sunset (PM)	5:12	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	5:29	5:12
2	11.7	5:29	5:11
3	11.7	5:29	5:11
4	11.7	5:29	5:11
5	11.7	5:30	5:10
6	11.7	5:30	5:10
7	11.7	5:30	5:10
8	11.7	5:30	5:10
9	11.7	5:30	5:09
10	11.6	5:30	5:09
11	11.6	5:30	5:09
12	11.6	5:30	5:09
13	11.6	5:31	5:08
14	11.6	5:31	5:08
15	11.6	5:31	5:08
16	11.6	5:31	5:08
17	11.6	5:31	5:08
18	11.6	5:31	5:08
19	11.6	5:32	5:08
20	11.6	5:32	5:07
21	11.6	5:32	5:07
22	11.6	5:32	5:07
23	11.6	5:32	5:07
24	11.6	5:33	5:07
25	11.6	5:33	5:07
26	11.6	5:33	5:07
27	11.6	5:33	5:07
28	11.6	5:33	5:07
29	11.6	5:34	5:07
30	11.6	5:34	5:07
31	11.5	5:34	5:07

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.79 kWh/m² to a high of 5.91 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.2 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.0	Bright
26	4.0	Bright
27	4.0	Bright
28	4.0	Bright
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.0	Moderate
31	4.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit São Joaquim do Monte?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit São Joaquim do Monte for sightseeing.

What to pack for São Joaquim do Monte in May

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

In May, São Joaquim do Monte sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 20°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 19 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in São Joaquim do Monte 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 São Joaquim do Monte peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 at about 10 (very high).

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)	14	15	16	14	11	10	10	10	13	13	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is São Joaquim do Monte?

São Joaquim do Monte sits at 8.4°S, 35.8°W, 483 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Bonito, 9.0 km away.

Topography around São Joaquim do Monte

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of São Joaquim do Monte.

Within 3 km, the terrain around São Joaquim do Monte has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 376 m around an average of 526 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 585 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,188 m.

The land around São Joaquim do Monte is covered by grassland (81%) within 3 km, grassland (79%) within 16 km, and grassland (65%) within 80 km.

3 km

376 m

grassland 81%

16 km

585 m

grassland 79%

80 km

1,188 m

grassland 65%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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May weather nearby: Bonito 9.0 km · Camocim de São Félix 9.0 km · Agrestina 16 km · Bezerros 22 km · Caruaru 25 km · Cupira 26 km · Catende 28 km · Altinho 29 km

Brazil travel facts

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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
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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for São Joaquim do Monte (-8.4325°, -35.8044°, elevation 483 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	27	21
2	27	21
3	27	21
4	27	21
5	27	21
6	27	21
7	27	21
8	27	21
9	27	21
10	27	21
11	27	21
12	27	21
13	27	21
14	27	21
15	27	20
16	27	20
17	27	20
18	27	20
19	27	20
20	26	20
21	26	20
22	26	20
23	26	20
24	26	20
25	26	20
26	26	20
27	26	20
28	26	20
29	26	20
30	26	20
31	26	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	61
5	61
6	61
7	61
8	60
9	60
10	59
11	59
12	58
13	58
14	58
15	58
16	59
17	59
18	59
19	60
20	60
21	61
22	61
23	62
24	62
25	63
26	64
27	64
28	64
29	64
30	65
31	65

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	52	47
2	1	52	47
3	1	53	46
4	1	53	46
5	1	54	45
6	1	54	45
7	1	55	44
8	1	56	43
9	0	57	43
10	0	58	42
11	1	58	41
12	1	59	40
13	1	59	40
14	1	60	39
15	1	61	38
16	1	62	37
17	1	62	37
18	1	63	36
19	1	64	35
20	1	65	34
21	1	66	33
22	1	67	32
23	1	68	31
24	1	69	30
25	1	70	29
26	1	71	28
27	1	72	27
28	1	73	26
29	1	75	24
30	1	76	23
31	1	78	21

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	61
5	61
6	61
7	61
8	60
9	60
10	59
11	59
12	58
13	58
14	58
15	58
16	59
17	59
18	59
19	60
20	60
21	61
22	61
23	62
24	62
25	63
26	64
27	64
28	64
29	64
30	65
31	65

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	52	47
2	1	52	47
3	1	53	46
4	1	53	46
5	1	54	45
6	1	54	45
7	1	55	44
8	1	56	43
9	0	57	43
10	0	58	42
11	1	58	41
12	1	59	40
13	1	59	40
14	1	60	39
15	1	61	38
16	1	62	37
17	1	62	37
18	1	63	36
19	1	64	35
20	1	65	34
21	1	66	33
22	1	67	32
23	1	68	31
24	1	69	30
25	1	70	29
26	1	71	28
27	1	72	27
28	1	73	26
29	1	75	24
30	1	76	23
31	1	78	21

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	61
5	61
6	61
7	61
8	60
9	60
10	59
11	59
12	58
13	58
14	58
15	58
16	59
17	59
18	59
19	60
20	60
21	61
22	61
23	62
24	62
25	63
26	64
27	64
28	64
29	64
30	65
31	65

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	52	47
2	1	52	47
3	1	53	46
4	1	53	46
5	1	54	45
6	1	54	45
7	1	55	44
8	1	56	43
9	0	57	43
10	0	58	42
11	1	58	41
12	1	59	40
13	1	59	40
14	1	60	39
15	1	61	38
16	1	62	37
17	1	62	37
18	1	63	36
19	1	64	35
20	1	65	34
21	1	66	33
22	1	67	32
23	1	68	31
24	1	69	30
25	1	70	29
26	1	71	28
27	1	72	27
28	1	73	26
29	1	75	24
30	1	76	23
31	1	78	21