Sumé weather in May

In May, Sumé sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 27 mm of rain across 6 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 5th-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 26% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Sumé's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sumé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
9th warmest
Overnight low
21°
7th coldest
Rainfall
27 mm
6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:34 AM – 5:13 PM
Cloud cover
59%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Sumé 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Sumé reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°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 about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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43121
53021
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How May really feels in Sumé

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.

Sumé weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 21°405.412.44.1
Feb32° / 21°356.112.34.1
Mar32° / 22°518.512.14.0
Apr31° / 21°467.211.84.5
May30° / 21°27611.75.3
Jun29° / 19°21411.66.3
Jul28° / 19°11311.66.7
Aug29° / 18°51.311.76.4
Sep31° / 19°20.5125.6
Oct33° / 20°30.512.24.7
Nov33° / 20°60.812.44.4
Dec33° / 21°111.412.44.3

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 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24258
34357
44357
54357
64456
74555
84555
94654
104654
114753
124753
134852
144852
154951
164951
174951
184951
195050
205149
215149
225248
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245248
255248
265248
275248
285248
295248
305149
315149

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Sumé gets around 27 mm of rain over 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 19% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
123
223
323
423
522
622
721
821
920
1020
1119
1219
1319
1418
1518
1618
1718
1818
1918
2018
2118
2218
2318
2418
2518
2618
2718
2818
2918
3017
3117

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 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 58% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1134614
2134614
3134614
4134614
5135604
6135604
7236584
8236584
9237574
10237574
11238564
12238564
13239563
14239563
15240553
16240553
17240562
18241552
19241552
20242542
21242542
22242542
23243532
24243541
25343531
26344521
27344521
28345511
29345511
30446501
31447491

Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 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 5:33 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 5:17 PM to 5:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:335:17
211.75:335:16
311.75:335:16
411.75:335:16
511.75:335:16
611.75:335:15
711.75:335:15
811.75:335:15
911.75:335:15
1011.75:335:14
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1211.75:345:14
1311.75:345:14
1411.75:345:14
1511.75:345:13
1611.75:345:13
1711.65:345:13
1811.65:355:13
1911.65:355:13
2011.65:355:13
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2411.65:365:13
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2811.65:375:13
2911.65:375:13
3011.65:375:13
3111.65:375:13

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.33 kWh/m² to a high of 6.92 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.87 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
25.1Bright
35.1Bright
45.1Bright
55.1Bright
65.0Bright
75.0Bright
85.0Bright
95.0Bright
105.0Bright
115.0Bright
125.0Bright
134.9Bright
144.9Bright
154.9Bright
164.9Bright
174.9Bright
184.8Bright
194.8Bright
204.8Bright
214.8Bright
224.8Bright
234.8Bright
244.7Bright
254.7Bright
264.7Bright
274.7Bright
284.7Bright
294.6Bright
304.6Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Sumé?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
7.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Sumé in May

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

In May, Sumé sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Sumé 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 Sumé peaks around March 14 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 14UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Sumé?

Sumé sits at 7.7°S, 36.9°W, 518 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Monteiro, 36 km away.

Topography around Sumé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sumé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m around an average of 535 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 953 m.

The land around Sumé is covered by shrubs (49%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, shrubs (80%) within 16 km, and shrubs (74%) within 80 km.

3 km
148 m
16 km
364 m
80 km
953 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Monteiro 36 km · São José do Egito 48 km · Jataúba 55 km · Sertânia 62 km · Tabira 73 km · Brejo da Madre de Deus 77 km · Pesqueira 79 km · Santa Cruz do Capibaribe 81 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 Sumé (-7.6717°, -36.88°, elevation 518 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).