Climate averages 1991–2020
Balsas weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Balsas: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th 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 Grajaú (191 km away). In April its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Balsas, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Balsas ranks joint 30th of 448 for the warmest April highs and 306th of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; Balsas is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 110 mm to 40 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
Balsas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 204 | 24.6 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 183 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 178 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 110 | 15.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 30.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 40 | 6.7 | 11.812 h |
| June | 31.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 2.3 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| July | 32.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 33.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 35.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 8.6 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 34.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 55 | 7.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 121 | 15.3 | 12.512 h |
| December | 30.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 157 | 19.4 | 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
- Grajaú in AprilBrazil · 191 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Barra do Corda in AprilBrazil · 242 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 162 mm rain
- Araguaína in AprilBrazil · 242 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 198 mm rain
- Imperatriz in AprilBrazil · 275 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 150 mm rain
- Açailândia in AprilBrazil · 330 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 210 mm rain
- Palmas in AprilBrazil · 386 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 192 mm rain
- Bacabal in AprilBrazil · 392 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 265 mm rain
- Codó in AprilBrazil · 417 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 263 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 Balsas) is explained once on the Balsas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.