Climate averages 1991–2020

Cruzeiro weather
in April.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.2°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 17.8°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 68 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Cruzeiro · average highYear overview

April is a warm month in Cruzeiro: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Lorena (24 km away). In April its highs average 25.7°C, 0.5°C cooler than Cruzeiro, with 54 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Cruzeiro ranks joint 280th of 448 for the warmest April highs and joint 114th of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; Cruzeiro is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.

From April to May, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 48 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Cruzeiro climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Cruzeiro, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.3°C19.8°C19.8°C27323.913.313 h
February 28.7°C19.8°C19.8°C19219.612.913 h
March 27.5°C19.2°C19.2°C18520.312.212 h
April, selected 26.2°C17.8°C17.8°C6810.711.612 h
May 23.8°C14.9°C14.9°C487.311.011 h
June 23.4°C13.3°C13.3°C294.910.811 h
July 23.4°C12.7°C12.7°C305.010.911 h
August 25.0°C13.5°C13.5°C325.011.311 h
September 26.5°C15.5°C15.5°C7910.511.912 h
October 27.2°C17.3°C17.3°C12915.412.613 h
November 26.9°C18.1°C18.1°C18919.213.213 h
December 27.9°C19.3°C19.3°C24122.713.513 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

Distance from Cruzeiro

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cruzeiro) is explained once on the Cruzeiro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.