Climate averages 1991–2020
Duque de Caxias weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Duque de Caxias: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th 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 Belford Roxo (9 km away). In April its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Duque de Caxias, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Duque de Caxias ranks joint 160th of 448 for the warmest April highs and joint 291st of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; Duque de Caxias is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 106 mm to 74 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
Duque de Caxias climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 265 | 21.2 | 13.413 h |
| February | 31.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 200 | 17.9 | 12.913 h |
| March | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 216 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 28.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 106 | 13.5 | 11.612 h |
| May | 25.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 74 | 11.0 | 11.011 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 47 | 7.2 | 10.811 h |
| July | 25.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 47 | 7.4 | 10.911 h |
| August | 26.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 44 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| September | 27.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 86 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 121 | 14.3 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 213 | 19.0 | 13.213 h |
| December | 29.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 237 | 21.1 | 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
- Belford Roxo in AprilBrazil · 9 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Nova Iguaçu in AprilBrazil · 15 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Rio de Janeiro in AprilBrazil · 19 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Barra da Tijuca in AprilBrazil · 24 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Queimados in AprilBrazil · 26 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 85 mm rain
- São Gonçalo in AprilBrazil · 27 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Magé in AprilBrazil · 31 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Petrópolis in AprilBrazil · 34 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 105 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 Duque de Caxias) is explained once on the Duque de Caxias year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.