Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caruaru (44 km away). In April its highs average 28.4°C, 1.8°C cooler than Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Cruz do Capibaribe ranks joint 20th of 448 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; Santa Cruz do Capibaribe is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 41 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
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 40 | 7.9 | 12.513 h |
| February | 31.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 32 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 31.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 48 | 10.4 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 30.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 41 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 41 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 34 | 6.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 22 | 5.8 | 11.712 h |
| August | 27.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 12 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 6.5 | 2.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 7.0 | 2.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| December | 31.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 12 | 3.8 | 12.613 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
- Caruaru in AprilBrazil · 44 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in AprilBrazil · 48 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Gravatá in AprilBrazil · 75 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Campina Grande in AprilBrazil · 88 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in AprilBrazil · 102 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Carpina in AprilBrazil · 105 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Arcoverde in AprilBrazil · 107 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Garanhuns in AprilBrazil · 108 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 66 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe) is explained once on the Santa Cruz do Capibaribe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.