Mindelo climate

Mindelo Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Mindelo, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 23°C on May 1 to 24°C on May 31, and lows from 21°C to 22°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 6 mm over about 3 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Mindelo, in °C, with the record for each date.182022242628151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
23°C
Average low
21°C
Precipitation
6 mm
Reanalysis high
27°CMay 4, 1996
Reanalysis low
19°CMay 11, 2018
Daylight
12 h 45 min to 13 h 04 min
Cloud cover
57%
Humidity
81%
Dew point
19°C
Wind
23.0 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 123°C21°C25°C 199620°C 20159%
May 223°C21°C26°C 199620°C 20159%
May 323°C21°C27°C 199620°C 19948%
May 423°C21°C27°C 199620°C 20187%
May 523°C21°C27°C 199620°C 20156%
May 623°C21°C25°C 199619°C 20186%
May 723°C21°C25°C 201020°C 20186%
May 823°C21°C25°C 201320°C 20185%
May 923°C21°C25°C 200720°C 19996%
May 1023°C21°C26°C 200720°C 20186%
May 1123°C21°C27°C 200719°C 20186%
May 1223°C21°C27°C 200720°C 20185%
May 1323°C21°C25°C 200720°C 20185%
May 1423°C21°C25°C 200720°C 20185%
May 1523°C21°C25°C 199520°C 19915%
May 1624°C21°C25°C 199520°C 19915%
May 1724°C21°C25°C 199520°C 19944%
May 1824°C21°C25°C 201020°C 19944%
May 1924°C21°C25°C 201020°C 19944%
May 2024°C21°C25°C 200520°C 19944%
May 2124°C21°C25°C 200520°C 19945%
May 2224°C21°C25°C 200420°C 19946%
May 2324°C21°C25°C 200420°C 19946%
May 2424°C22°C26°C 200320°C 19946%
May 2524°C22°C27°C 200320°C 20186%
May 2624°C22°C26°C 200320°C 20186%
May 2724°C22°C25°C 200520°C 20186%
May 2824°C22°C26°C 199620°C 20187%
May 2924°C22°C26°C 199620°C 20186%
May 3024°C22°C26°C 199620°C 19946%
May 3124°C22°C25°C 199620°C 20186%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Mindelo, in percent.02468101102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-1).

May 1
sunrise 6:15 AM, sunset 7:00 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:06 AM, sunset 7:10 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.