Climate averages 1991–2020
Paulo Afonso weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Paulo Afonso: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Serra Talhada (158 km away). In April its highs average 31.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Paulo Afonso, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Paulo Afonso ranks joint 2nd of 448 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; Paulo Afonso is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 30 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
Paulo Afonso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 38 | 5.2 | 12.613 h |
| February | 33.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 35 | 6.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 33.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 39 | 8.0 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 31.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 29 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 30 | 8.1 | 11.712 h |
| June | 28.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 24 | 8.4 | 11.612 h |
| July | 27.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 21 | 7.4 | 11.612 h |
| August | 28.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 18 | 6.6 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 10 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 11 | 1.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 33.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 14 | 2.5 | 12.513 h |
| December | 33.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 19 | 2.9 | 12.713 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
- Serra Talhada in AprilBrazil · 158 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Itabaiana in AprilBrazil · 166 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Arcoverde in AprilBrazil · 168 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Arapiraca in AprilBrazil · 175 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Lagarto in AprilBrazil · 179 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Garanhuns in AprilBrazil · 197 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Aracaju in AprilBrazil · 209 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 131 mm rain
- São Cristóvão in AprilBrazil · 210 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 112 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 Paulo Afonso) is explained once on the Paulo Afonso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.