Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz do Sul weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Santa Cruz do Sul: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lajeado (53 km away). In April its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz do Sul, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Cruz do Sul ranks joint 397th of 448 for the warmest April highs and joint 333rd of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; Santa Cruz do Sul is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 127 mm to 123 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 Sul climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 155 | 14.9 | 13.814 h |
| February | 28.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 141 | 14.1 | 13.113 h |
| March | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 120 | 12.5 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 24.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 127 | 10.0 | 11.411 h |
| May | 20.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 123 | 9.7 | 10.611 h |
| June | 18.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 131 | 10.0 | 10.310 h |
| July | 18.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 154 | 10.6 | 10.410 h |
| August | 20.5°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 125 | 10.3 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 161 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 199 | 13.5 | 12.813 h |
| November | 25.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 135 | 11.6 | 13.614 h |
| December | 28.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 152 | 13.1 | 14.014 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
- Lajeado in AprilBrazil · 53 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 132 mm rain
- Cachoeira do Sul in AprilBrazil · 58 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Bento Gonçalves in AprilBrazil · 107 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Guaíba in AprilBrazil · 115 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Farroupilha in AprilBrazil · 118 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.8°C · 138 mm rain
- Porto Alegre in AprilBrazil · 120 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Canoas in AprilBrazil · 122 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 106 mm rain
- São Leopoldo in AprilBrazil · 124 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 118 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 Sul) is explained once on the Santa Cruz do Sul year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.