Macau weather in April

In April, Macau sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 124 mm of rain across 17.5 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in April, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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

Daytime high
29°
4th warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
124 mm
17.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
5:30 AM – 5:23 PM
Cloud cover
62%
12th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Macau is human 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 29°C through the month.

A typical April day in Macau reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and on par with May.

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

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.

Macau weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 26°5910.612.35.5
Feb29° / 26°8312.712.25.0
Mar29° / 26°13218.4124.5
Apr29° / 26°12417.511.94.5
May29° / 25°579.611.85.5
Jun29° / 25°345.611.76.2
Jul29° / 24°233.111.76.8
Aug29° / 24°20.411.87.2
Sep29° / 24°00.1127.4
Oct29° / 25°10.212.17.2
Nov29° / 25°10.412.27.0
Dec29° / 26°9312.36.5

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in April, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24654
34654
44555
54654
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74654
84852
94852
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114852
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Macau gets around 124 mm of rain over 17.5 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 58% and peaks near 67% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
167
266
366
465
564
664
763
862
961
1061
1160
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1458
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2154
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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 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
107525
207525
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Wind in April

Winds average 19 km/h in April, the calmest month.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
219light breeze
319light breeze
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519light breeze
619light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours 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 12 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:32 AM to 5:29 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 5:19 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.05:325:30
212.05:325:29
311.95:325:29
411.95:325:29
511.95:325:28
611.95:325:28
711.95:315:27
811.95:315:27
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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 5.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.86 kWh/m² to a high of 6.86 kWh/m² in October across the year — April's 5.3 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Macau

In seasonPeak

In April, Macau sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Macau's rainy season runs January–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is April a good time to visit Macau?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Macau for sightseeing.

What to pack for Macau in April

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

In April, Macau sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Macau in April

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 27 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec28Warm

UV index in Macau in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Macau peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 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 16UV 15Jul 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Macau?

Macau sits at 5.1°S, 36.6°W, 7 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Guamaré, 35 km away.

Topography around Macau

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Macau has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 9 m around an average of 1 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 545 m.

The land around Macau is covered by water (48%) and bare terrain (21%) within 3 km, water (54%) within 16 km, and shrubs (46%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
9 m
16 km
51 m
80 km
545 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
April weather nearby: Guamaré 35 km · Areia Branca 58 km · Açu 60 km · Mossoró 79 km · Icapuí 92 km · João Câmara 102 km · Baraúna 109 km · Lagoa Nova 110 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 Macau (-5.115°, -36.6344°, elevation 7 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).