Climate averages 1991–2020
Crateús weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Crateús: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quixeramobim (152 km away). In April its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Crateús, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Crateús ranks joint 23rd of 448 for the warmest April highs and joint 249th of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; Crateús is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 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
Crateús climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 94 | 13.8 | 12.412 h |
| February | 31.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 90 | 14.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 134 | 18.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 94 | 16.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 44 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 30.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 15 | 2.8 | 11.812 h |
| July | 31.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 8.4 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 2.2 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 34.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 35.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 9.6 | 0.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 34.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 34.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 20 | 3.8 | 12.412 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
- Quixeramobim in AprilBrazil · 152 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Tianguá in AprilBrazil · 165 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 239 mm rain
- Sobral in AprilBrazil · 170 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 187 mm rain
- Canindé in AprilBrazil · 176 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 156 mm rain
- Quixadá in AprilBrazil · 185 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 144 mm rain
- Iguatu in AprilBrazil · 201 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Itapipoca in AprilBrazil · 223 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 248 mm rain
- Picos in AprilBrazil · 229 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 88 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 Crateús) is explained once on the Crateús year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.