São Joaquim weather in May

In May, São Joaquim sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 122 mm of rain across 10.6 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of May to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is São Joaquim's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see São Joaquim's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 122 mm; 10.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 7:58 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 5th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.01 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

São Joaquim is human 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

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical May day in São Joaquim reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 21°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)	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

São Joaquim weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 15°	159	18.8	13.6	5.5
Feb	23° / 15°	136	16.5	13	5.6
Mar	22° / 14°	106	14.5	12.2	6.0
Apr	20° / 11°	86	10.2	11.3	6.2
May	16° / 8°	122	10.6	10.6	5.2
Jun	15° / 7°	119	10.4	10.2	4.6
Jul	15° / 6°	118	10.2	10.4	4.6
Aug	17° / 7°	112	9.3	11	5.7
Sep	18° / 9°	143	11.8	11.8	5.6
Oct	20° / 11°	159	14.6	12.7	5.5
Nov	21° / 12°	129	13.6	13.4	5.9
Dec	23° / 14°	136	15.5	13.8	5.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% 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 51%.

	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 (%)	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49
Cloudier (%)	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

São Joaquim gets around 122 mm of rain over 10.6 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 34% and peaks near 35% 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 (%)	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33

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

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 88% 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 (%)	77	78	79	80	81	82	84	85	85	86	87	87	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	92	92	92	93	93	93	94	94
Comfortable (%)	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6
Humid (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	77	21	2
2	78	20	2
3	79	19	2
4	80	18	2
5	81	17	2
6	82	16	2
7	84	15	1
8	85	14	1
9	85	14	1
10	86	13	1
11	87	12	1
12	87	12	1
13	89	11	0
14	89	11	0
15	89	11	0
16	90	10	0
17	90	10	0
18	90	10	0
19	90	10	0
20	90	10	0
21	91	9	0
22	91	9	0
23	91	9	0
24	92	8	0
25	92	8	0
26	92	8	0
27	93	7	0
28	93	7	0
29	93	7	0
30	94	6	0
31	94	6	0

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
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12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min 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 30 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:49 AM to 8:07 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 6:28 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)	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	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	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	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	7:56	7:56	7:57	7:57	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	8:06	8:06	8:07
Sunset (PM)	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	7:49	6:45
2	10.9	7:50	6:44
3	10.9	7:50	6:43
4	10.9	7:51	6:42
5	10.8	7:51	6:42
6	10.8	7:52	6:41
7	10.8	7:53	6:40
8	10.8	7:53	6:39
9	10.7	7:54	6:39
10	10.7	7:54	6:38
11	10.7	7:55	6:37
12	10.7	7:56	6:36
13	10.7	7:56	6:36
14	10.6	7:57	6:35
15	10.6	7:57	6:35
16	10.6	7:58	6:34
17	10.6	7:59	6:33
18	10.6	7:59	6:33
19	10.5	8:00	6:32
20	10.5	8:00	6:32
21	10.5	8:01	6:31
22	10.5	8:02	6:31
23	10.5	8:02	6:30
24	10.5	8:03	6:30
25	10.4	8:03	6:30
26	10.4	8:04	6:29
27	10.4	8:04	6:29
28	10.4	8:05	6:28
29	10.4	8:06	6:28
30	10.4	8:06	6:28
31	10.4	8:07	6:28

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.64 kWh/m² to a high of 6.1 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 3.01 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)	3.5	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	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8
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	3.5	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.3	Moderate
8	3.2	Moderate
9	3.2	Moderate
10	3.2	Moderate
11	3.1	Moderate
12	3.1	Moderate
13	3.1	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	2.9	Moderate
22	2.9	Moderate
23	2.9	Moderate
24	2.8	Moderate
25	2.8	Moderate
26	2.8	Moderate
27	2.8	Moderate
28	2.8	Moderate
29	2.8	Moderate
30	2.8	Moderate
31	2.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit São Joaquim?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.9

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for São Joaquim in May

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

In May, São Joaquim sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in São Joaquim 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 São Joaquim peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 4 (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	11	9	6	4	5	6	8	10	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in São Joaquim 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 São Joaquim is worst in August — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.7× the cleanest month (March, 5 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	6	6	5	6	6	6	12	25	15	8	6	6
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	6	Good
Feb	6	Good
Mar	5	Good
Apr	6	Good
May	6	Good
Jun	6	Good
Jul	12	Good
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	8	Good
Nov	6	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is São Joaquim?

São Joaquim sits at 28.3°S, 49.9°W, 1,353 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Orleans, 63 km away.

Topography around São Joaquim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around São Joaquim has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 249 m around an average of 1,358 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 715 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,810 m.

The land around São Joaquim is covered by grassland (66%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and trees (42%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

249 m

grassland 66%

16 km

715 m

grassland 57%

80 km

1,810 m

trees 54%

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← April São Joaquim year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Orleans 63 km · Urussanga 65 km · Lages 66 km · Forquilhinha 68 km · Cocal do Sul 68 km · Criciúma 70 km · Braço do Norte 75 km · Içara 77 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 São Joaquim (-28.2939°, -49.9317°, elevation 1,353 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	77	21	2
2	78	20	2
3	79	19	2
4	80	18	2
5	81	17	2
6	82	16	2
7	84	15	1
8	85	14	1
9	85	14	1
10	86	13	1
11	87	12	1
12	87	12	1
13	89	11	0
14	89	11	0
15	89	11	0
16	90	10	0
17	90	10	0
18	90	10	0
19	90	10	0
20	90	10	0
21	91	9	0
22	91	9	0
23	91	9	0
24	92	8	0
25	92	8	0
26	92	8	0
27	93	7	0
28	93	7	0
29	93	7	0
30	94	6	0
31	94	6	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	77	21	2
2	78	20	2
3	79	19	2
4	80	18	2
5	81	17	2
6	82	16	2
7	84	15	1
8	85	14	1
9	85	14	1
10	86	13	1
11	87	12	1
12	87	12	1
13	89	11	0
14	89	11	0
15	89	11	0
16	90	10	0
17	90	10	0
18	90	10	0
19	90	10	0
20	90	10	0
21	91	9	0
22	91	9	0
23	91	9	0
24	92	8	0
25	92	8	0
26	92	8	0
27	93	7	0
28	93	7	0
29	93	7	0
30	94	6	0
31	94	6	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	77	21	2
2	78	20	2
3	79	19	2
4	80	18	2
5	81	17	2
6	82	16	2
7	84	15	1
8	85	14	1
9	85	14	1
10	86	13	1
11	87	12	1
12	87	12	1
13	89	11	0
14	89	11	0
15	89	11	0
16	90	10	0
17	90	10	0
18	90	10	0
19	90	10	0
20	90	10	0
21	91	9	0
22	91	9	0
23	91	9	0
24	92	8	0
25	92	8	0
26	92	8	0
27	93	7	0
28	93	7	0
29	93	7	0
30	94	6	0
31	94	6	0