Climate averages 1991–2020
Russas 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 Russas: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 152 mm of rain on roughly 18 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 Mossoró (75 km away). In April its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Russas, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Russas ranks 8th of 448 for the warmest April highs and 375th of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; Russas is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 152 mm to 71 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
Russas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 74 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| February | 32.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 95 | 14.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 31.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 161 | 19.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 152 | 17.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 31.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 71 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| June | 32.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 29 | 6.4 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 18 | 3.0 | 11.912 h |
| August | 34.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 35.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 35.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 2.6 | 0.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 34.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 2.9 | 0.4 | 12.312 h |
| December | 34.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 16 | 3.4 | 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
- Mossoró in AprilBrazil · 75 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 117 mm rain
- Cascavel, Brazil in AprilBrazil · 94 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 235 mm rain
- Pacajus in AprilBrazil · 101 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 208 mm rain
- Horizonte in AprilBrazil · 109 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 235 mm rain
- Quixadá in AprilBrazil · 115 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 144 mm rain
- Pacatuba in AprilBrazil · 128 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 235 mm rain
- Eusébio in AprilBrazil · 128 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 235 mm rain
- Maracanaú in AprilBrazil · 138 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 Russas) is explained once on the Russas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.