Uruará weather in May

In May, Uruará sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 172 mm of rain across 25.6 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 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
22°
6th coldest
Rainfall
172 mm
25.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:36 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover
79%
7th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.03 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

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 Uruará reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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53022
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How May really feels in Uruará

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.

Uruará 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°25127.712.22.9
Feb29° / 22°25825.512.12.9
Mar29° / 22°30028.9122.8
Apr30° / 22°26928.211.92.8
May30° / 22°17225.611.83.2
Jun30° / 21°6415.311.84.2
Jul32° / 21°358.811.84.4
Aug33° / 22°265.511.93.7
Sep34° / 23°387.7123.2
Oct33° / 23°7412.212.13.1
Nov32° / 23°10816.912.23.1
Dec31° / 22°17422.412.23.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% 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 81%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1892
2892
3991
4991
5991
61189
71189
81387
91486
101486
111684
121684
131882
141882
151981
162080
172179
182179
192278
202278
212377
222476
232476
242476
252575
262674
272872
283070
293169
303268
313367

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Uruará gets around 172 mm of rain over 25.6 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 81% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
190
289
389
488
588
687
787
886
985
1084
1184
1283
1383
1482
1582
1682
1781
1881
1981
2081
2180
2280
2379
2478
2577
2676
2775
2874
2972
3071
3169

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 91% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1928
2928
3928
4928
5919
6919
7919
89010
99010
108911
118911
128911
138911
148911
158911
168911
178911
188911
199010
209010
21919
22919
23928
24937
25937
26946
27955
28955
29955
30964
31964

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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65calm
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105calm
115calm
125calm
135calm
145calm
155calm
165calm
175calm
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195calm
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235calm
245calm
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265calm
275calm
285calm
295calm
305calm
315calm

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 6:36 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:366:28
211.96:366:28
311.96:366:28
411.96:366:28
511.96:366:27
611.96:366:27
711.96:366:27
811.96:366:27
911.86:366:27
1011.86:366:27
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1211.86:366:26
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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 4.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.9 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 4.03 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.9Moderate
23.9Moderate
33.9Moderate
43.9Moderate
53.9Moderate
64.0Moderate
74.0Moderate
84.0Moderate
94.0Moderate
104.0Bright
114.0Bright
124.0Bright
134.0Bright
144.1Bright
154.1Bright
164.1Bright
174.1Bright
184.1Bright
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204.1Bright
214.1Bright
224.1Bright
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244.1Bright
254.1Bright
264.1Bright
274.2Bright
284.2Bright
294.2Bright
304.2Bright
314.2Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Uruará

In seasonPeak

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

Uruará's monsoon runs December–May, 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 Uruará?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Uruará.

What to pack for Uruará in May

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

In May, Uruará sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Uruará 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 Uruará peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 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 10UV 15Jun 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Uruará 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 Uruará is worst in October — around 59 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.3× the cleanest month (June, 8 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModeratePoorUnhealthyModerateOct 2258 µg/m³Jun 208 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr12Good
May10Good
Jun8Good
Jul9Good
Aug15Moderate
Sep35Moderate
Oct59Unhealthy
Nov55Poor
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Uruará?

Uruará sits at 3.7°S, 53.7°W, 148 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Placas, 56 km away.

Topography around Uruará

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Uruará has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m around an average of 152 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 278 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 453 m.

The land around Uruará is covered by trees (52%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, trees (69%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (87%) within 80 km.

3 km
146 m
16 km
278 m
80 km
453 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Placas 56 km · Medicilândia 99 km · Rurópolis 137 km · Brasil Novo 141 km · Mojuí dos Campos 153 km · Aveiro 177 km · Santarém 178 km · Altamira 179 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 Uruará (-3.7175°, -53.7367°, elevation 148 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).