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Level 1Exercise normal precautions
Exercise normal precautions
Cape Verde · Month guide
Cape Verde in May
Around 23 °C with 1 mm of rain and 9.7 hours of sun a day.
May is a solid shoulder-season month in Cape Verde. Around 23 °C with 1 mm of rain and 9.7 hours of sun a day. Use the regional grid below to find where this month works best — national averages hide the swings between coast, highlands, and inland.
Perfect match
Cape Verde · May
What the weather usually does
Cape Verde · typical month
- Day / night21 – 23 °CYear range 20 – 27 °C
- Rainfall1 mmYear range 1 – 63 mm
- Sunshine9.7 hr / dayYear range 7.8 – 9.9 hr / day
22 regions · current month
Cape Verde, taken apart
- Boa Vista25°C now · 24–29 °C yr
- Brava23°C now · 22–27 °C yr
- Maio23°C now · 22–27 °C yr
- Mosteiros22°C now · 21–27 °C yr
- Paul22°C now · 20–25 °C yr
- Porto Novo21°C now · 20–25 °C yr
- Praia25°C now · 24–29 °C yr
- Ribeira Brava23°C now · 21–27 °C yr
- Ribeira Grande22°C now · 21–26 °C yr
- Ribeira Grande de Santiago26°C now · 24–29 °C yr
- Sal22°C now · 21–27 °C yr
- Santa Catarina25°C now · 24–28 °C yr
- Santa Catarina do Fogo22°C now · 22–27 °C yr
- Santa Cruz25°C now · 23–28 °C yr
- São Domingos25°C now · 24–29 °C yr
- São Filipe22°C now · 21–26 °C yr
- São Lourenço dos Órgãos25°C now · 24–29 °C yr
- São Miguel23°C now · 22–27 °C yr
- São Salvador do Mundo26°C now · 24–29 °C yr
- São Vicente22°C now · 21–26 °C yr
- Tarrafal23°C now · 22–27 °C yr
- Tarrafal de São Nicolau23°C now · 21–27 °C yr
Safety · 3 governments
What the governments say about Cape Verde
Combined advisory · most-cautious-wins
Exercise increased caution
Highest level across 3 governments · Advisory last changed
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NL
Level 2Exercise increased caution
Exercise increased caution
US
Level 1Exercise normal precautions
Exercise normal precautions
Climate at a glance · 10-year ERA5
A decade of weather, in one page
— daytime high— overnight low▬ typical range
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| Month | Average daytime high (°C) | Average overnight low (°C) | Typical low | Typical high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.1 | 21.1 | 19.6 | 24.9 |
| February | 22.3 | 20.2 | 18.8 | 24.7 |
| March | 22.1 | 20.0 | 19.1 | 23.9 |
| April | 22.8 | 20.6 | 19.4 | 24.6 |
| May | 23.2 | 21.2 | 19.7 | 24.5 |
| June | 24.1 | 22.0 | 20.7 | 25.7 |
| July | 25.2 | 23.1 | 21.9 | 26.7 |
| August | 26.5 | 24.5 | 23.0 | 27.7 |
| September | 27.0 | 25.2 | 24.4 | 27.9 |
| October | 26.9 | 24.9 | 24.0 | 28.2 |
| November | 25.8 | 23.8 | 22.3 | 27.4 |
| December | 24.0 | 22.1 | 20.9 | 25.7 |
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| Month | Rainfall (mm) |
|---|---|
| January | 2 |
| February | 3 |
| March | 1 |
| April | 1 |
| May | 1 |
| June | 2 |
| July | 8 |
| August | 40 |
| September | 63 |
| October | 16 |
| November | 7 |
| December | 4 |
View data table
| Month | Sunshine hours (hr / day) |
|---|---|
| January | 8.8 |
| February | 9.0 |
| March | 9.9 |
| April | 9.7 |
| May | 9.7 |
| June | 9.4 |
| July | 8.3 |
| August | 7.8 |
| September | 7.9 |
| October | 9.2 |
| November | 8.8 |
| December | 8.4 |
— average▬ typical range
View data table
| Month | Average wind speed (km/h) | Typical low | Typical high |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9 | 14.8 | 37.2 |
| February | 28.3 | 18.0 | 37.9 |
| March | 27.3 | 17.1 | 36.0 |
| April | 25.6 | 18.4 | 32.7 |
| May | 25.3 | 19.0 | 31.3 |
| June | 22.4 | 12.8 | 29.7 |
| July | 17.5 | 9.4 | 26.5 |
| August | 16.1 | 8.5 | 25.2 |
| September | 19.4 | 11.4 | 26.8 |
| October | 21.2 | 12.5 | 29.1 |
| November | 22.3 | 13.9 | 32.4 |
| December | 25.5 | 15.8 | 35.7 |
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