Varzelândia weather in May

In May, Varzelândia sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.4 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of May to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Varzelândia's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Varzelândia's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
10th warmest
Overnight low
19°
4th coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
2.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
7:14 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover
47%
5th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Varzelândia 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 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Varzelândia reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°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)
13019
23019
33019
43019
53019
62919
72919
82919
92919
102919
112919
122919
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212918
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262918
272918
282918
292918
302918
312918

How May really feels in Varzelândia

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.

Varzelândia weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°14813.612.84.6
Feb30° / 21°10411.212.54.5
Mar30° / 21°13212.612.14.7
Apr30° / 20°496.711.75.5
May29° / 19°112.411.36.5
Jun28° / 17°20.411.17.4
Jul28° / 17°1011.27.6
Aug30° / 17°20.311.56.7
Sep32° / 19°111.911.95.1
Oct32° / 21°748.112.44.1
Nov30° / 21°18516.512.74.1
Dec29° / 21°20816.712.94.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 32%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17129
27129
37129
47030
57129
67030
76931
86931
96733
106634
116634
126436
136436
146436
156337
166337
176337
186337
196337
206436
216535
226535
236634
246733
256931
267030
277030
287228
297327
307327
317525

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Varzelândia gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.4 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 8% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
112
211
311
410
510
69
79
89
99
109
119
129
139
149
159
169
179
189
198
208
218
228
237
247
257
266
276
285
295
304
314

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 45% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13235222
24245121
34255120
45275019
55284918
66294917
76304816
87304815
97314714
108324713
118324713
129334712
139334711
149344610
1510344610
161035469
171036469
181036468
191037458
201037457
211138457
221139446
231140446
241141435
251142425
261243414
271244404
281246393
291247383
301348363
311350352

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 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
110calm
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310calm
410calm
510calm
610calm
710calm
810calm
910calm
1010calm
1110calm
1210calm
1310calm
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1710calm
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2010calm
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3110calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of May to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:10 AM to 7:19 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:28 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.47:106:37
211.47:106:36
311.47:106:36
411.47:116:35
511.47:116:35
611.47:116:34
711.47:126:34
811.47:126:33
911.37:126:33
1011.37:126:33
1111.37:136:32
1211.37:136:32
1311.37:136:31
1411.37:146:31
1511.37:146:31
1611.37:146:30
1711.37:156:30
1811.37:156:30
1911.27:156:30
2011.27:166:29
2111.27:166:29
2211.27:166:29
2311.27:176:29
2411.27:176:29
2511.27:176:28
2611.27:186:28
2711.27:186:28
2811.27:186:28
2911.27:196:28
3011.27:196:28
3111.17:196:28

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.39 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.73 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
25.0Bright
35.0Bright
45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
74.9Bright
84.9Bright
94.9Bright
104.9Bright
114.8Bright
124.8Bright
134.8Bright
144.8Bright
154.7Bright
164.7Bright
174.7Bright
184.7Bright
194.6Bright
204.6Bright
214.6Bright
224.6Bright
234.6Bright
244.6Bright
254.6Bright
264.5Bright
274.5Bright
284.5Bright
294.5Bright
304.5Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Varzelândia

In seasonPeak

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

Varzelândia'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 Varzelândia?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
8.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Varzelândia in May

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

In May, Varzelândia sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Varzelândia in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Varzelândia peaks around February 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 15UV 15Jul 11UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Varzelândia?

Varzelândia sits at 15.7°S, 44.0°W, 745 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is São João da Ponte, 25 km away.

Topography around Varzelândia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Varzelândia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 127 m around an average of 769 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 377 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 522 m.

The land around Varzelândia is covered by grassland (48%), trees (22%) and shrubs (21%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), trees (32%) and shrubs (31%) within 16 km, and trees (38%), shrubs (26%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
127 m
16 km
377 m
80 km
522 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: São João da Ponte 25 km · Januária 44 km · Barreiro do Jaíba 48 km · Jaíba 55 km · Itacarambi 67 km · Brasília de Minas 71 km · Janaúba 78 km · São Francisco 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 Varzelândia (-15.7014°, -44.0275°, elevation 745 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).