Climate averages 1991–2020
Mossoró weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Mossoró: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Russas (75 km away). In April its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Mossoró, with 152 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Mossoró ranks 5th of 448 for the warmest April highs and 321st of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; Mossoró is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 56 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
Mossoró climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 68 | 12.0 | 12.412 h |
| February | 32.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 84 | 13.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 31.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 127 | 18.3 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 117 | 16.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 32.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 56 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 32.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 29 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 18 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| August | 34.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| September | 34.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 35.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 2.1 | 0.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 34.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 3.1 | 0.5 | 12.312 h |
| December | 34.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 16 | 4.1 | 12.412 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
- Russas in AprilBrazil · 75 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 152 mm rain
- Cascavel, Brazil in AprilBrazil · 154 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 235 mm rain
- Pacajus in AprilBrazil · 167 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 208 mm rain
- Horizonte in AprilBrazil · 175 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 235 mm rain
- Quixadá in AprilBrazil · 187 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 144 mm rain
- Eusébio in AprilBrazil · 189 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 235 mm rain
- Pacatuba in AprilBrazil · 195 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 235 mm rain
- Maracanaú in AprilBrazil · 204 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 206 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 Mossoró) is explained once on the Mossoró year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.