Viçosa do Ceará weather in May

In May, Viçosa do Ceará sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 77 mm of rain across 12.7 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-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 24% 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 Viçosa do Ceará's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Viçosa do Ceará's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
10th warmest
Overnight low
22°
5th coldest
Rainfall
77 mm
12.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:45 AM – 5:36 PM
Cloud cover
62%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Viçosa do Ceará 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Viçosa do Ceará 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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How May really feels in Viçosa do Ceará

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.

Viçosa do Ceará weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°1191712.23.5
Feb30° / 23°1402012.13.4
Mar30° / 22°20825123.3
Apr29° / 22°20722.911.93.5
May30° / 22°7712.711.84.6
Jun31° / 22°143.511.85.5
Jul31° / 22°61.211.85.6
Aug32° / 22°20.311.95.1
Sep33° / 22°10.2124.5
Oct34° / 23°60.512.14.0
Nov34° / 23°50.812.23.8
Dec33° / 23°285.412.23.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22971
33268
43367
53466
63664
73763
83961
94159
104159
114357
124456
134555
144654
154753
164852
175050
185149
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215347
225545
235644
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255842
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275941
286040
296139
306238
316436

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Viçosa do Ceará gets around 77 mm of rain over 12.7 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 41% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
165
263
361
459
557
654
752
850
947
1045
1143
1242
1340
1439
1538
1638
1737
1836
1936
2035
2135
2234
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3025
3123

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 77% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
10694
20793
30892
40892
50991
601090
701189
801288
901387
1001585
1101684
1201783
1301882
1401981
1502179
1602278
1702377
1802476
1902674
2002773
2102971
2203070
2303169
2413366
2513465
2613663
2713861
2813960
2924157
3024355
3124652

Wind in May

Winds average 7 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
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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 5:45 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 5:38 PM to 5:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.95:455:38
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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 5.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.82 kWh/m² to a high of 6.87 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.02 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Viçosa do Ceará

In seasonPeak

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

Viçosa do Ceará's monsoon runs January–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 Viçosa do Ceará?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
6.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Viçosa do Ceará in May

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

In May, Viçosa do Ceará sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Viçosa do Ceará in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Viçosa do Ceará peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Viçosa do Ceará 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 Viçosa do Ceará is worst in December — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (July, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateDec 1017 µg/m³Jul 176 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb14Moderate
Mar12Moderate
Apr12Good
May9Good
Jun7Good
Jul6Good
Aug7Good
Sep8Good
Oct12Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Viçosa do Ceará?

Viçosa do Ceará sits at 3.6°S, 41.1°W, 719 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Tianguá, 22 km away.

Topography around Viçosa do Ceará

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Viçosa do Ceará has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 660 m around an average of 602 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 749 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,010 m.

The land around Viçosa do Ceará is covered by trees (84%) within 3 km, trees (67%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and shrubs (41%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
660 m
16 km
749 m
80 km
1,010 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
May weather nearby: Tianguá 22 km · Ubajara 38 km · Frecheirinha 38 km · Ibiapina 46 km · Coreaú 48 km · Cocal 53 km · Granja 57 km · São Benedito 60 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 Viçosa do Ceará (-3.5622°, -41.0922°, elevation 719 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).