Climate averages 1991–2020
João Pessoa weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in João Pessoa: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Rita (13 km away). In April its highs average 29.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than João Pessoa, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, João Pessoa ranks joint 107th of 448 for the warmest April highs and 371st of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; João Pessoa is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 147 mm to 160 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
João Pessoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 56 | 15.0 | 12.512 h |
| February | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 73 | 15.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 104 | 19.3 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 147 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 160 | 22.3 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 164 | 23.2 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 149 | 24.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 26.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 69 | 19.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 37 | 13.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 23 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 19 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 29 | 9.8 | 12.513 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
- Santa Rita in AprilBrazil · 13 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Goiana in AprilBrazil · 52 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Igarassu in AprilBrazil · 80 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 100 mm rain
- Paulista in AprilBrazil · 92 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 124 mm rain
- Carpina in AprilBrazil · 93 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Camaragibe in AprilBrazil · 102 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Recife in AprilBrazil · 104 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in AprilBrazil · 112 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 103 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 João Pessoa) is explained once on the João Pessoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.