Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Maria weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Santa Maria: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th 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 Cachoeira do Sul (96 km away). In April its highs average 24.5°C, about as warm as Santa Maria, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Maria ranks 411th of 448 for the warmest April highs and joint 367th of 448 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 448 cities is 27.0°C; Santa Maria is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 144 mm to 127 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 Maria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 159 | 13.8 | 13.814 h |
| February | 28.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 146 | 12.6 | 13.113 h |
| March | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 124 | 11.2 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 24.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 144 | 10.1 | 11.411 h |
| May | 20.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 127 | 9.5 | 10.711 h |
| June | 18.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 137 | 10.1 | 10.310 h |
| July | 17.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 149 | 10.2 | 10.410 h |
| August | 20.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 122 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 157 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 208 | 12.6 | 12.813 h |
| November | 26.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 136 | 10.2 | 13.614 h |
| December | 28.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 158 | 11.8 | 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
- Cachoeira do Sul in AprilBrazil · 96 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Santa Cruz do Sul in AprilBrazil · 133 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 127 mm rain
- Ijuí in AprilBrazil · 145 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Santo Ângelo in AprilBrazil · 160 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.0°C · 169 mm rain
- Lajeado in AprilBrazil · 180 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 132 mm rain
- Bagé in AprilBrazil · 185 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 127 mm rain
- Alegrete in AprilBrazil · 192 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 162 mm rain
- Passo Fundo in AprilBrazil · 209 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 142 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 Maria) is explained once on the Santa Maria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.