Climate averages 1991–2020
Florianópolis weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Florianópolis: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is São José (Santa Catarina, 27.62°S 48.63°W), Brazil (8 km away). In April its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Florianópolis, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Florianópolis ranks joint 362nd of 448 for the warmest April highs and joint 201st of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; Florianópolis is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 110 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
Florianópolis climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 181 | 18.9 | 13.714 h |
| February | 27.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 161 | 17.3 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 125 | 17.2 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 24.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 84 | 10.4 | 11.511 h |
| May | 22.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 110 | 10.2 | 10.811 h |
| June | 20.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 94 | 8.9 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 84 | 9.0 | 10.611 h |
| August | 20.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 86 | 8.8 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 132 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 122 | 13.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 116 | 14.0 | 13.513 h |
| December | 26.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 126 | 15.0 | 13.814 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 José (Santa Catarina, 27.62°S 48.63°W), Brazil in AprilBrazil · 8 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Palhoça in AprilBrazil · 13 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Itapema in AprilBrazil · 57 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Camboriú in AprilBrazil · 64 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Brusque in AprilBrazil · 66 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Balneário Camboriú in AprilBrazil · 68 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Itajaí in AprilBrazil · 77 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Gaspar in AprilBrazil · 84 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 93 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 Florianópolis) is explained once on the Florianópolis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.