Climate averages 1991–2020
Barbacena weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Barbacena: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is São João del Rei (52 km away). In April its highs average 24.7°C, 2.0°C warmer than Barbacena, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Barbacena ranks joint 427th of 448 for the warmest April highs and joint 195th of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; Barbacena is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 44 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
Barbacena climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 291 | 21.6 | 13.313 h |
| February | 25.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 188 | 16.8 | 12.813 h |
| March | 24.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 202 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 22.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 82 | 12.1 | 11.612 h |
| May | 20.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 44 | 7.3 | 11.111 h |
| June | 20.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 20 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| July | 20.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 16 | 3.6 | 11.011 h |
| August | 21.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 26 | 4.7 | 11.411 h |
| September | 22.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 77 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 133 | 15.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 22.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 249 | 21.3 | 13.113 h |
| December | 24.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 306 | 24.2 | 13.413 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 João del Rei in AprilBrazil · 52 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Conselheiro Lafaiete in AprilBrazil · 63 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Juiz de Fora in AprilBrazil · 74 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Ubá in AprilBrazil · 87 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Ouro Preto in AprilBrazil · 97 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Viçosa in AprilBrazil · 106 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Valença (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil in AprilBrazil · 114 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Três Rios in AprilBrazil · 115 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 57 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 Barbacena) is explained once on the Barbacena year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.