Climate averages 1991–2020
Aracaju weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Aracaju: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is São Cristóvão (19 km away). In April its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Aracaju, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Aracaju ranks joint 126th of 448 for the warmest April highs and joint 344th of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; Aracaju is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 131 mm to 185 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Aracaju climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 52 | 14.1 | 12.713 h |
| February | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 64 | 16.3 | 12.512 h |
| March | 29.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 77 | 17.9 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 28.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 131 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 185 | 23.5 | 11.612 h |
| June | 26.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 167 | 24.1 | 11.511 h |
| July | 25.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 138 | 24.1 | 11.512 h |
| August | 25.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 103 | 22.4 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 67 | 17.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 60 | 14.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 41 | 11.1 | 12.613 h |
| December | 29.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 30 | 9.2 | 12.713 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- São Cristóvão in AprilBrazil · 19 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 112 mm rain
- Itabaiana in AprilBrazil · 46 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Lagarto in AprilBrazil · 63 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Arapiraca in AprilBrazil · 136 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Alagoinhas in AprilBrazil · 200 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Maceió in AprilBrazil · 201 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 129 mm rain
- Rio Largo in AprilBrazil · 208 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 109 mm rain
- Paulo Afonso in AprilBrazil · 209 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 29 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aracaju) is explained once on the Aracaju year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.