Climate averages 1991–2020
Araripina weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 8th 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 Araripina: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Picos (120 km away). In April its highs average 31.4°C, 2.9°C warmer than Araripina, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Araripina ranks joint 118th of 448 for the warmest April highs and joint 255th of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; Araripina is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 37 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
Araripina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 162 | 16.4 | 12.513 h |
| February | 28.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 171 | 16.3 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 191 | 17.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 95 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 37 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 5.8 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| July | 27.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 4.3 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| August | 28.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 32.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 11 | 1.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 34 | 4.6 | 12.512 h |
| December | 31.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 54 | 7.9 | 12.613 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
- Picos in AprilBrazil · 120 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Crato in AprilBrazil · 126 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 106 mm rain
- Juazeiro do Norte in AprilBrazil · 137 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Casa Nova in AprilBrazil · 185 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Iguatu in AprilBrazil · 189 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Petrolina in AprilBrazil · 203 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Serra Talhada in AprilBrazil · 247 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Crateús in AprilBrazil · 267 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 94 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 Araripina) is explained once on the Araripina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.