Climate averages 1991–2020
Montes Claros weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Montes Claros: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Janaúba (119 km away). In April its highs average 30.1°C, 1.8°C warmer than Montes Claros, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Montes Claros ranks joint 147th of 448 for the warmest April highs and joint 6th of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; Montes Claros is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 9.6 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
Montes Claros climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 131 | 12.7 | 13.013 h |
| February | 29.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 92 | 9.8 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 111 | 11.4 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 28.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 35 | 5.9 | 11.712 h |
| May | 27.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 9.6 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| June | 26.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 11.111 h |
| July | 26.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.211 h |
| August | 28.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| September | 30.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 67 | 7.4 | 12.512 h |
| November | 28.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 178 | 15.0 | 12.913 h |
| December | 28.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 206 | 16.5 | 13.113 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
- Janaúba in AprilBrazil · 119 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Curvelo in AprilBrazil · 233 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Teófilo Otoni in AprilBrazil · 280 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Guanambi in AprilBrazil · 302 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Sete Lagoas in AprilBrazil · 306 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Governador Valadares in AprilBrazil · 310 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Lagoa Santa in AprilBrazil · 322 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Paracatu in AprilBrazil · 325 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.4°C · 69 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 Montes Claros) is explained once on the Montes Claros year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.