🇨🇻 Weather in Mindelo in May
This is what the weather in Mindelo (São Vicente, Cape Verde) was like in May in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
23.6 °C
22.0 °C – 24.5 °C
Avg. night-time low
21.5 °C
20.1 °C – 22.4 °C
Avg. rain days in period
3.6
12 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
20.6 mm
1.6 mm – 64.8 mm
Avg. cloud cover
46 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
Sea temperature unavailable for today (daily limit).
Extremes: Highest temperature 26.0 °C (3 May 2023) · Lowest temperature 19.3 °C (11 May 2018) · Avg. daily peak wind 26 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 62Sunny
- 187Partly cloudy
- 25Cloudy
- 32Light rain
- 4Rain
Summary
- On average 23.6 °C during the day and 21.5 °C at night.
- On average 3.6 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 20.6 mm of precipitation in total.
- In 2 of 10 years there was not a single rain day.
- Prevailing: Partly cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2023 (avg. 24.5 °C), coolest: 2018 (avg. 22.0 °C).
- Wettest year: 2023 (64.8 mm), driest: 2018 (1.6 mm).
- Extremes: 26.0 °C on 3 May 2023 and 19.3 °C on 11 May 2018.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
Charts
Temperatures per year
Average over your travel period
Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2026
Avg. max23.5°Avg. min21.5°- Rain days
- 4 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 15.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 41 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.9 °C · Min 20.9 °C
2025
Avg. max23.5°Avg. min21.5°- Rain days
- 0 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 6.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 41 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.4 °C · Min 20.6 °C
2024
Avg. max24.4°Avg. min22.2°- Rain days
- 6 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 22.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 44 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 25.6 °C · Min 21.4 °C
2023
Avg. max24.5°Avg. min22.4°- Rain days
- 8 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 64.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 53 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 26.0 °C · Min 21.8 °C
2022
Avg. max23.8°Avg. min21.6°- Rain days
- 3 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 53.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 43 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 25.3 °C · Min 20.4 °C
2021
Avg. max23.4°Avg. min21.3°- Rain days
- 4 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 8.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 47 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.1 °C · Min 20.3 °C
2020
Avg. max23.8°Avg. min21.6°- Rain days
- 4 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 10.3 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 47 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 25.3 °C · Min 21.0 °C
2019
Avg. max23.2°Avg. min21.1°- Rain days
- 1 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 5.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 48 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.3 °C · Min 20.4 °C
2018
Avg. max22.0°Avg. min20.1°- Rain days
- 0 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 1.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 43 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 22.7 °C · Min 19.3 °C
2017
Avg. max24.0°Avg. min22.2°- Rain days
- 6 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 18.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 54 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.7 °C · Min 21.6 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Mindelo in May?
- Daytime highs averaged 23.6 °C, night-time lows 21.5 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 26.0 °C (3 May 2023), the lowest 19.3 °C (11 May 2018).
- How often does it rain in Mindelo in May?
- On average there were 3.6 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 20.6 mm of precipitation in total. In 2 of 10 years there was no rain day at all.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
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