Uruçuí weather in May

In May, Uruçuí sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 35 mm of rain across 6 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 Uruçuí's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Uruçuí's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
7th warmest
Overnight low
22°
8th coldest
Rainfall
35 mm
6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:04 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover
56%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Uruçuí 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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Uruçuí reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C warmer than April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Uruçuí

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.

Uruçuí weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°19623.312.43.2
Feb31° / 22°17421.312.23.2
Mar31° / 22°17822.5123.2
Apr31° / 22°10215.611.83.8
May32° / 22°35611.74.4
Jun33° / 22°20.411.64.8
Jul33° / 22°10.211.64.6
Aug34° / 22°0011.83.7
Sep36° / 24°50.9122.8
Oct35° / 24°415.112.22.9
Nov33° / 23°10511.812.33.4
Dec32° / 23°12616.312.43.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24555
34654
44654
54753
64852
74951
85050
95149
105248
115347
125446
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Uruçuí gets around 35 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 34% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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725
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1120
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2016
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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 48% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 85% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10233641
20334621
30336601
40437590
50539560
60540550
70642520
80643510
90745480
100847450
110848430
120950410
130952390
1401052380
1501054360
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1701255330
1801355320
1901455310
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2101656280
2201855270
2301955260
2402154250
2502354230
2602553220
2702753200
2802952190
2913150180
3013350160
3113649140

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
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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 6:03 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 5:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:035:48
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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 5.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.74 kWh/m² to a high of 6.67 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 5.09 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Uruçuí

In seasonPeak

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

Uruçuí's monsoon runs November–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 Uruçuí?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Uruçuí in May

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

In May, Uruçuí sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Uruçuí 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 Uruçuí peaks around March 10 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 10UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Uruçuí 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 Uruçuí is worst in October — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.0× the cleanest month (June, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodOct 1318 µg/m³Jun 145 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb10Good
Mar11Good
Apr9Good
May6Good
Jun5Good
Jul6Good
Aug13Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Uruçuí?

Uruçuí sits at 7.2°S, 44.6°W, 173 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Pastos Bons, 88 km away.

Topography around Uruçuí

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Uruçuí has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m around an average of 199 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 241 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 377 m.

The land around Uruçuí is covered by trees (51%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and shrubs (26%) within 16 km, and trees (39%) and shrubs (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
154 m
16 km
241 m
80 km
377 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Pastos Bons 88 km · Mirador 98 km · São Raimundo das Mangabeiras 105 km · Paraibano 109 km · São João dos Patos 125 km · Colinas 138 km · Passagem Franca 145 km · Balsas 167 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 Uruçuí (-7.2294°, -44.5561°, elevation 173 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).