Tupaciguara weather in May

In May, Tupaciguara sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 21 mm of rain across 3.6 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of May to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tupaciguara's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tupaciguara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
10th warmest
Overnight low
18°
4th coldest
Rainfall
21 mm
3.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 06 min
7:37 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover
42%
5th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.4
out of 10

Tupaciguara is human 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 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Tupaciguara reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and on par with June.

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Tupaciguara weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 22°23421.8133.8
Feb29° / 22°16218.712.63.9
Mar29° / 22°1521812.14.3
Apr29° / 21°53911.65.6
May28° / 18°213.611.17.4
Jun27° / 17°71.210.98.2
Jul28° / 17°50.6118.3
Aug29° / 18°71.111.46.9
Sep31° / 20°345.611.95.1
Oct31° / 22°9112.712.44.1
Nov30° / 21°17819.812.93.9
Dec29° / 22°2262313.13.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17426
27327
37327
47327
57129
67129
76931
86832
96634
106634
116436
126436
136337
146337
156337
166337
176337
186436
196535
206634
216634
226832
236931
247030
257129
267228
277327
287426
297525
307525
317624

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tupaciguara gets around 21 mm of rain over 3.6 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 12% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
114
213
312
412
511
611
711
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911
1012
1112
1212
1312
1413
1513
1613
1713
1813
1913
2013
2113
2213
2313
2412
2512
2611
2711
2810
2910
309
319

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 48% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 17% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13174633
24184731
34204729
45214827
55224825
65234823
75244922
85254921
96264920
106264919
116274919
126274918
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2310314712
2410314711
2511324711
2611324710
271133479
281133479
291134478
301135468
311137467

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
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218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of May to 11 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:32 AM to 7:43 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 6:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.37:326:52
211.37:326:51
311.37:336:51
411.37:336:50
511.37:336:50
611.37:346:49
711.27:346:49
811.27:346:48
911.27:356:48
1011.27:356:47
1111.27:356:47
1211.27:366:46
1311.27:366:46
1411.27:376:46
1511.17:376:45
1611.17:376:45
1711.17:386:45
1811.17:386:44
1911.17:386:44
2011.17:396:44
2111.17:396:43
2211.17:406:43
2311.07:406:43
2411.07:406:43
2511.07:416:42
2611.07:416:42
2711.07:416:42
2811.07:426:42
2911.07:426:42
3011.07:436:42
3111.07:436:41

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.32 kWh/m² to a high of 6.24 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.64 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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114.7Bright
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184.5Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Tupaciguara

In seasonPeak

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

Tupaciguara's monsoon runs November–March, 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 Tupaciguara?

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

7.4
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Tupaciguara for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Tupaciguara in May

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

In May, Tupaciguara sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tupaciguara in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tupaciguara peaks around February 9 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 9UV 15Jun 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Tupaciguara 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 Tupaciguara is worst in September — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.1× the cleanest month (July, 6 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1722 µg/m³Jul 106 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar8Good
Apr7Good
May7Good
Jun6Good
Jul6Good
Aug11Good
Sep23Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov6Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tupaciguara?

Tupaciguara sits at 18.6°S, 48.7°W, 871 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Monte Alegre de Minas, 36 km away.

Topography around Tupaciguara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tupaciguara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m around an average of 881 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 416 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 554 m.

The land around Tupaciguara is covered by cropland (54%) within 3 km, cropland (60%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%), grassland (31%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
85 m
16 km
416 m
80 km
554 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Monte Alegre de Minas 36 km · Araguari 55 km · Itumbiara 57 km · Uberlândia 58 km · Prata 83 km · Ituiutaba 90 km · Catalão 93 km · Goiatuba 94 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 Tupaciguara (-18.5922°, -48.705°, elevation 871 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).