Senador Pompeu weather in May

In May, Senador Pompeu sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 82 mm of rain across 13.4 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Senador Pompeu's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Senador Pompeu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
11th warmest
Overnight low
23°
4th coldest
Rainfall
82 mm
13.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:41 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover
57%
8th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Senador Pompeu 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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Senador Pompeu reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Senador Pompeu

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.

Senador Pompeu weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 24°9914.312.32.8
Feb33° / 24°1031612.22.9
Mar32° / 23°14320.7123.0
Apr31° / 23°12420.211.93.2
May31° / 23°8213.411.74.0
Jun32° / 23°347.111.74.6
Jul32° / 22°183.911.74.6
Aug34° / 23°91.511.84.0
Sep35° / 24°20.7123.4
Oct35° / 24°80.812.12.9
Nov35° / 24°61.112.32.9
Dec35° / 24°244.612.32.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 46%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
34456
44654
54654
64753
74951
84951
94951
105050
115149
125149
135248
145248
155347
165347
175545
185545
195644
205743
215842
225842
236040
246040
256139
266139
276337
286337
296436
306436
316337

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Senador Pompeu gets around 82 mm of rain over 13.4 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 44% and peaks near 59% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
159
257
356
454
553
651
750
848
947
1045
1145
1244
1343
1443
1543
1643
1743
1843
1942
2042
2141
2241
2340
2439
2539
2638
2737
2836
2935
3033
3132

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 72% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
118892
218901
319891
4110881
5112861
6113851
7114841
8116830
9117820
10119800
11120790
12122770
13123760
14124750
15125740
16126730
17127720
18128710
19129700
20130690
21131680
22132670
23133660
24135640
25136630
26138610
27239590
28241570
29243550
30345520
31348500

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 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
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3110calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 42 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 5:40 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 5:29 PM to 5:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:405:29
211.85:405:29
311.85:405:28
411.85:415:28
511.85:415:28
611.85:415:28
711.85:415:27
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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 4.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.78 kWh/m² to a high of 6.96 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.93 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Senador Pompeu

In seasonPeak

In May, Senador Pompeu sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Senador Pompeu's rainy season runs January–May, 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 Senador Pompeu?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.1
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Senador Pompeu for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Senador Pompeu in May

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

In May, Senador Pompeu sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Senador Pompeu 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 Senador Pompeu peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 13UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Senador Pompeu 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 Senador Pompeu is worst in November — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.0× the cleanest month (July, 4 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateNov 1416 µg/m³Jul 194 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar10Good
Apr10Good
May7Good
Jun5Good
Jul4Good
Aug5Good
Sep6Good
Oct14Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Senador Pompeu?

Senador Pompeu sits at 5.6°S, 39.4°W, 181 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Piquet Carneiro, 24 km away.

Topography around Senador Pompeu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Senador Pompeu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m around an average of 194 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 284 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 804 m.

The land around Senador Pompeu is covered by shrubs (62%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, shrubs (71%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and shrubs (70%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
126 m
16 km
284 m
80 km
804 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Piquet Carneiro 24 km · Mombaça 33 km · Pedra Branca 41 km · Solonópole 43 km · Quixeramobim 44 km · Acopiara 57 km · Banabuiú 59 km · Boa Viagem 65 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 Senador Pompeu (-5.5881°, -39.3717°, elevation 181 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).