Climate averages 1991–2020
Salvador weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Salvador: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lauro de Freitas (20 km away). In April its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Salvador, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Salvador ranks joint 197th of 448 for the warmest April highs and 378th of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; Salvador is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 158 mm to 186 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
Salvador climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 59 | 12.4 | 12.813 h |
| February | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 62 | 14.5 | 12.513 h |
| March | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 91 | 17.8 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 27.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 158 | 22.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 186 | 22.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 25.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 150 | 22.9 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 116 | 21.9 | 11.411 h |
| August | 24.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 81 | 19.8 | 11.712 h |
| September | 25.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 64 | 14.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 58 | 10.9 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 64 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 40 | 9.6 | 12.913 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
- Lauro de Freitas in AprilBrazil · 20 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 126 mm rain
- Simões Filho in AprilBrazil · 23 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 159 mm rain
- Candeias in AprilBrazil · 35 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 159 mm rain
- Dias d'Ávila in AprilBrazil · 46 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Valença (Bahia), Brazil in AprilBrazil · 77 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 145 mm rain
- Santo Antônio de Jesus in AprilBrazil · 83 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Alagoinhas in AprilBrazil · 94 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Feira de Santana in AprilBrazil · 94 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 60 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 Salvador) is explained once on the Salvador year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.