Belém weather in April

In April, Belém sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 83 mm of rain across 17.5 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in April, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Belém's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Belém's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
11th coldest
Rainfall
83 mm
17.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
5:27 AM – 5:18 PM
Cloud cover
63%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Belém is settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical April day in Belém reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C cooler than March and about 1°C warmer than May.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How April really feels in Belém

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 30 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Belém weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°4713.612.34.4
Feb30° / 23°5714.312.24.1
Mar30° / 23°7217.9124.0
Apr30° / 23°8317.511.94.2
May29° / 22°7415.911.74.9
Jun28° / 21°6414.411.65.7
Jul27° / 20°5812.911.76.2
Aug27° / 20°289.311.86.6
Sep28° / 21°187126.4
Oct30° / 21°155.712.15.9
Nov30° / 22°155.612.35.5
Dec30° / 22°261012.44.9

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in April, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24951
34951
44852
54951
64852
74852
84753
94753
104753
114654
124654
134555
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184456
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214654
224555
234654
244555
254654
264753
274753
284852
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305050

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Belém gets around 83 mm of rain over 17.5 wet days in April, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 59% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
160
259
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558
658
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Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the oppressive band about 89% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
19901
29901
310891
410891
510891
610891
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810891
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109901
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129901
139910
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1810900
1910900
2010900
2110900
2210900
2311890
2411890
2512880
2612880
2713870
2814860
2914860
3015850

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:28 AM to 5:26 AM, and sunset from 5:25 PM to 5:13 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.95:285:25
211.95:285:25
311.95:285:24
411.95:285:24
511.95:285:23
611.95:285:23
711.95:285:22
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2011.85:265:16
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Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.13 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in November across the year — April's 5.07 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
25.3Bright
35.3Bright
45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
75.2Bright
85.2Bright
95.2Bright
105.2Bright
115.2Bright
125.1Bright
135.1Bright
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155.1Bright
165.0Bright
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215.0Bright
224.9Bright
234.9Bright
244.9Bright
254.9Bright
264.9Bright
274.8Bright
284.8Bright
294.8Bright
304.8Bright
Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Belém?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.2
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Belém for sightseeing.

What to pack for Belém in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Belém sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Belém in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Belém peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 17 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 12UV 15Jul 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Belém?

Belém sits at 6.7°S, 35.5°W, 140 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Bananeiras, 13 km away.

Topography around Belém

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Belém.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Belém has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 m around an average of 184 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 554 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 744 m.

The land around Belém is covered by grassland (73%) within 3 km, grassland (65%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
262 m
16 km
554 m
80 km
744 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
April weather nearby: Bananeiras 13 km · Solânea 16 km · Guarabira 19 km · Araçagi 25 km · Nova Cruz 26 km · Araruna 27 km · Cacimba de Dentro 29 km · Areia 35 km

Brazil travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / N
127 / 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 46% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$10,713
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
89%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
19.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
16
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 482
Religion
Roman Catholic 57%Evangelical 27%none 9%other 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Belém (-6.6917°, -35.5333°, elevation 140 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).