🇨🇻 Weather in Santa Maria in May
This is what the weather in Santa Maria (Sal, Cape Verde) was like in May in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
23.2 °C
21.5 °C – 24.2 °C
Avg. night-time low
21.9 °C
20.4 °C – 22.9 °C
Avg. rain days in period
1.2
4 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
4.1 mm
0.3 mm – 8.6 mm
Avg. cloud cover
57 %
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 25.1 °C (3 May 2023) · Lowest temperature 19.8 °C (11 May 2018) · Avg. daily peak wind 29 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 35Sunny
- 174Partly cloudy
- 89Cloudy
- 12Light rain
Summary
- On average 23.2 °C during the day and 21.9 °C at night.
- On average 1.2 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 4.1 mm of precipitation in total.
- In 3 of 10 years there was not a single rain day.
- Prevailing: Partly cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2024 (avg. 24.2 °C), coolest: 2018 (avg. 21.5 °C).
- Wettest year: 2026 (8.6 mm), driest: 2019 (0.3 mm).
- Extremes: 25.1 °C on 3 May 2023 and 19.8 °C on 11 May 2018.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
Charts
Temperatures per year
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Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2026
Avg. max23.3°Avg. min22.0°- Rain days
- 2 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 8.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 53 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.9 °C · Min 21.4 °C
2025
Avg. max23.1°Avg. min21.9°- Rain days
- 0 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 1.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 52 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.0 °C · Min 21.1 °C
2024
Avg. max24.2°Avg. min22.9°- Rain days
- 1 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 4.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 45 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.7 °C · Min 22.4 °C
2023
Avg. max24.1°Avg. min22.9°- Rain days
- 2 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 7.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 61 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 25.1 °C · Min 22.1 °C
2022
Avg. max23.2°Avg. min21.9°- Rain days
- 0 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 1.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 52 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.4 °C · Min 21.2 °C
2021
Avg. max22.9°Avg. min21.6°- Rain days
- 2 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 5.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 61 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 23.5 °C · Min 21.1 °C
2020
Avg. max23.1°Avg. min21.8°- Rain days
- 1 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 3.3 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 61 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.3 °C · Min 21.4 °C
2019
Avg. max22.7°Avg. min21.5°- Rain days
- 0 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 0.3 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 66 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 23.5 °C · Min 20.9 °C
2018
Avg. max21.5°Avg. min20.4°- Rain days
- 1 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 1.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 59 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 22.0 °C · Min 19.8 °C
2017
Avg. max23.7°Avg. min22.5°- Rain days
- 3 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 6.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 63 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.4 °C · Min 22.0 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Santa Maria in May?
- Daytime highs averaged 23.2 °C, night-time lows 21.9 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 25.1 °C (3 May 2023), the lowest 19.8 °C (11 May 2018).
- How often does it rain in Santa Maria in May?
- On average there were 1.2 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 4.1 mm of precipitation in total. In 3 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. Snow depth is the model value for the grid cell, not the depth on the slopes. 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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