Climate averages 1991–2020
Cabo Frio weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Cabo Frio: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is São Pedro da Aldeia (9 km away). In April its highs average 26.0°C, about as warm as Cabo Frio, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Cabo Frio ranks joint 285th of 448 for the warmest April highs and joint 40th of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; Cabo Frio is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 58 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
Cabo Frio climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 88 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| February | 27.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 56 | 5.8 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 104 | 10.8 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 26.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 57 | 9.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 24.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 58 | 10.2 | 11.011 h |
| June | 23.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 34 | 6.5 | 10.811 h |
| July | 23.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 35 | 6.6 | 10.911 h |
| August | 23.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 28 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| September | 23.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 47 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 54 | 7.8 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 101 | 10.7 | 13.213 h |
| December | 26.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 96 | 9.8 | 13.514 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 Pedro da Aldeia in AprilBrazil · 9 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Araruama in AprilBrazil · 32 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Rio das Ostras in AprilBrazil · 41 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Saquarema in AprilBrazil · 45 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Macaé in AprilBrazil · 61 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Maricá in AprilBrazil · 81 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Nova Friburgo in AprilBrazil · 85 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Itaboraí in AprilBrazil · 87 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 108 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 Cabo Frio) is explained once on the Cabo Frio year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.