Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouro Preto weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Ouro Preto: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Conselheiro Lafaiete (42 km away). In April its highs average 23.8°C, 1.2°C warmer than Ouro Preto, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Ouro Preto ranks joint 427th of 448 for the warmest April highs and joint 267th of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; Ouro Preto is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 99 mm to 48 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
Ouro Preto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 294 | 19.8 | 13.213 h |
| February | 24.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 187 | 15.9 | 12.813 h |
| March | 23.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 227 | 19.6 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 22.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 99 | 13.1 | 11.612 h |
| May | 20.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 48 | 8.0 | 11.211 h |
| June | 20.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 3.4 | 10.911 h |
| July | 20.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.011 h |
| August | 21.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 24 | 4.1 | 11.411 h |
| September | 23.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 83 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 139 | 15.3 | 12.513 h |
| November | 23.0°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 283 | 21.7 | 13.113 h |
| December | 24.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 340 | 24.2 | 13.313 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
- Conselheiro Lafaiete in AprilBrazil · 42 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Nova Lima in AprilBrazil · 58 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Sabará in AprilBrazil · 65 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Belo Horizonte in AprilBrazil · 69 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Ibirité in AprilBrazil · 71 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 55 mm rain
- João Monlevade in AprilBrazil · 74 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Viçosa in AprilBrazil · 76 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Contagem in AprilBrazil · 77 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.4°C · 55 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 Ouro Preto) is explained once on the Ouro Preto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.