Tucuruí weather in May

In May, Tucuruí sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 173 mm of rain across 23.2 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-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 11% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Tucuruí's 7th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tucuruí's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 173 mm; 23.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:20 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.38 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

Tucuruí 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Tucuruí reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with 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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

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

How May really feels in Tucuruí

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Tucuruí weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 24°	350	28.8	12.2	2.7
Feb	30° / 24°	332	26.4	12.1	2.7
Mar	30° / 24°	409	29.7	12	2.6
Apr	30° / 24°	302	28.1	11.9	2.7
May	31° / 24°	173	23.2	11.8	3.1
Jun	31° / 24°	58	12.2	11.8	4.2
Jul	32° / 24°	31	7.2	11.8	4.6
Aug	33° / 24°	21	4.7	11.9	4.4
Sep	33° / 25°	27	5.4	12	4.2
Oct	32° / 25°	65	9.8	12.1	3.8
Nov	32° / 25°	121	16.3	12.2	3.3
Dec	31° / 24°	198	23	12.2	3.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	12	13	14	15	16	17	19	20	22	24	26	27	29	30	31	32	33	34	34	35	36	36	38	38	39	39	40	41	42	44	46
Cloudier (%)	88	87	86	85	84	83	81	80	78	76	74	73	71	70	69	68	67	66	66	65	64	64	62	62	61	61	60	59	58	56	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	13	87
3	14	86
4	15	85
5	16	84
6	17	83
7	19	81
8	20	80
9	22	78
10	24	76
11	26	74
12	27	73
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	32	68
17	33	67
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	35	65
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	42	58
30	44	56
31	46	54

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tucuruí gets around 173 mm of rain over 23.2 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 75% and peaks near 89% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	89	88	87	86	85	84	83	82	81	80	78	77	77	76	75	74	74	73	72	71	70	70	69	68	67	66	65	63	62	60	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	88
3	87
4	86
5	85
6	84
7	83
8	82
9	81
10	80
11	78
12	77
13	77
14	76
15	75
16	74
17	74
18	73
19	72
20	71
21	70
22	70
23	69
24	68
25	67
26	66
27	65
28	63
29	62
30	60
31	59

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 68% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% 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
Oppressive (%)	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	38	39	40	42	43
Miserable (%)	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	71	71	70	70	69	68	67	66	65	64	62	61	60	58	57

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	31	69
22	32	68
23	33	67
24	34	66
25	35	65
26	36	64
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	40	60
30	42	58
31	43	57

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
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10	6	calm
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12	6	calm
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31	6	calm

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 6:20 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:10 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)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22
Sunset (PM)	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:20	6:12
2	11.9	6:20	6:12
3	11.9	6:20	6:12
4	11.9	6:20	6:11
5	11.9	6:20	6:11
6	11.9	6:20	6:11
7	11.9	6:20	6:11
8	11.8	6:20	6:11
9	11.8	6:20	6:11
10	11.8	6:20	6:10
11	11.8	6:20	6:10
12	11.8	6:20	6:10
13	11.8	6:20	6:10
14	11.8	6:20	6:10
15	11.8	6:20	6:10
16	11.8	6:20	6:10
17	11.8	6:20	6:10
18	11.8	6:20	6:10
19	11.8	6:20	6:10
20	11.8	6:20	6:10
21	11.8	6:21	6:10
22	11.8	6:21	6:10
23	11.8	6:21	6:10
24	11.8	6:21	6:10
25	11.8	6:21	6:10
26	11.8	6:21	6:10
27	11.8	6:21	6:10
28	11.8	6:22	6:10
29	11.8	6:22	6:10
30	11.8	6:22	6:10
31	11.8	6:22	6:10

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.08 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.38 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6
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	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.1	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Tucuruí

In seasonPeak

None of Tucuruí's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Tucuruí's monsoon runs December–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 Tucuruí?

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

3.1

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tucuruí.

What to pack for Tucuruí in May

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

In May, Tucuruí sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Tucuruí 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 Tucuruí peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 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.

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

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

Air quality in Tucuruí 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 Tucuruí is worst in November — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.2× the cleanest month (June, 9 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)	16	16	15	13	10	9	10	14	20	34	38	21
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	16	Moderate
Feb	16	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	13	Moderate
May	10	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	10	Good
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	34	Moderate
Nov	38	Poor
Dec	21	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Tucuruí?

Tucuruí sits at 3.8°S, 49.7°W, 60 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Breu Branco, 32 km away.

Topography around Tucuruí

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tucuruí has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 208 m around an average of 63 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 272 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 312 m.

The land around Tucuruí is covered by grassland (32%), artificial surfaces (28%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), trees (35%) and water (26%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

208 m

grassland 32%

16 km

272 m

grassland 36%

80 km

312 m

trees 54%

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

May weather nearby: Breu Branco 32 km · Novo Repartimento 64 km · Goianésia do Pará 65 km · Jacundá 98 km · Pacajá 107 km · Baião 108 km · Tailândia 122 km · Mocajuba 133 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 Tucuruí (-3.7658°, -49.6792°, elevation 60 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	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	13	87
3	14	86
4	15	85
5	16	84
6	17	83
7	19	81
8	20	80
9	22	78
10	24	76
11	26	74
12	27	73
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	32	68
17	33	67
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	35	65
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	42	58
30	44	56
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	88
3	87
4	86
5	85
6	84
7	83
8	82
9	81
10	80
11	78
12	77
13	77
14	76
15	75
16	74
17	74
18	73
19	72
20	71
21	70
22	70
23	69
24	68
25	67
26	66
27	65
28	63
29	62
30	60
31	59

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	31	69
22	32	68
23	33	67
24	34	66
25	35	65
26	36	64
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	40	60
30	42	58
31	43	57

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	13	87
3	14	86
4	15	85
5	16	84
6	17	83
7	19	81
8	20	80
9	22	78
10	24	76
11	26	74
12	27	73
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	32	68
17	33	67
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	35	65
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	42	58
30	44	56
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	88
3	87
4	86
5	85
6	84
7	83
8	82
9	81
10	80
11	78
12	77
13	77
14	76
15	75
16	74
17	74
18	73
19	72
20	71
21	70
22	70
23	69
24	68
25	67
26	66
27	65
28	63
29	62
30	60
31	59

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	31	69
22	32	68
23	33	67
24	34	66
25	35	65
26	36	64
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	40	60
30	42	58
31	43	57

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	13	87
3	14	86
4	15	85
5	16	84
6	17	83
7	19	81
8	20	80
9	22	78
10	24	76
11	26	74
12	27	73
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	32	68
17	33	67
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	35	65
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	42	58
30	44	56
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	88
3	87
4	86
5	85
6	84
7	83
8	82
9	81
10	80
11	78
12	77
13	77
14	76
15	75
16	74
17	74
18	73
19	72
20	71
21	70
22	70
23	69
24	68
25	67
26	66
27	65
28	63
29	62
30	60
31	59

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	31	69
22	32	68
23	33	67
24	34	66
25	35	65
26	36	64
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	40	60
30	42	58
31	43	57