Maceió weather in April

In April, Maceió sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 129 mm of rain across 21.6 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Maceió's 9th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maceió's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 25°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 129 mm; 21.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 5:30 AM – 5:17 PM
Cloud cover: 46%; 9th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.47 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.8; out of 10

Maceió is human settlement in Brazil.

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical April day in Maceió reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and on par with May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	28	26
8	28	26
9	28	26
10	28	26
11	28	26
12	28	25
13	27	25
14	27	25
15	27	25
16	27	25
17	27	25
18	27	25
19	27	25
20	27	25
21	27	25
22	27	25
23	27	25
24	27	25
25	27	25
26	27	25
27	27	25
28	27	25
29	27	25
30	27	25

Maceió weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 25°	65	17.2	12.5	5.7
Feb	27° / 25°	67	16.6	12.3	5.4
Mar	28° / 26°	83	19.4	12.1	5.3
Apr	27° / 25°	129	21.6	11.8	4.8
May	27° / 25°	177	24.3	11.6	4.7
Jun	26° / 24°	187	24.9	11.4	4.6
Jul	25° / 23°	174	25.2	11.5	4.7
Aug	25° / 23°	107	23.3	11.7	5.1
Sep	26° / 24°	68	19.5	11.9	5.6
Oct	26° / 24°	56	16.9	12.2	6.0
Nov	27° / 25°	40	13.6	12.4	6.3
Dec	27° / 25°	36	12.5	12.6	6.4

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	71	72	72	72	72	71	71	70	70	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	68	67	67	66	65	65	65	64	64	63	63
Cloudier (%)	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	32	33	33	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	68	32
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	66	34
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Maceió gets around 129 mm of rain over 21.6 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 73% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	70	71	72	73	73	74	75	75	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	68
6	68
7	68
8	69
9	69
10	69
11	70
12	71
13	72
14	73
15	73
16	74
17	75
18	75
19	76
20	76
21	76
22	76
23	77
24	77
25	77
26	77
27	78
28	78
29	78
30	77

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 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Muggy (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
Oppressive (%)	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	95	95
Miserable (%)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	2	89	9
2	2	89	9
3	2	89	9
4	2	89	9
5	2	90	8
6	2	90	8
7	2	90	8
8	2	90	8
9	2	90	8
10	2	90	8
11	2	90	8
12	2	91	7
13	2	91	7
14	2	92	6
15	2	92	6
16	1	93	6
17	1	94	5
18	1	94	5
19	2	94	4
20	2	94	4
21	2	94	4
22	2	95	3
23	2	95	3
24	2	95	3
25	3	95	2
26	3	95	2
27	3	95	2
28	4	94	2
29	4	95	1
30	4	95	1

Wind in April

Winds average 15 km/h in April, the calmest month.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
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20	15	light breeze
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24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 42 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 5:30 AM to 5:30 AM, and sunset from 5:25 PM to 5:10 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30
Sunset (PM)	5:25	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:23	5:22	5:22	5:21	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:19	5:18	5:18	5:17	5:17	5:16	5:16	5:15	5:15	5:14	5:14	5:13	5:13	5:12	5:12	5:12	5:11	5:11	5:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	5:30	5:25
2	11.9	5:30	5:25
3	11.9	5:30	5:24
4	11.9	5:30	5:23
5	11.9	5:30	5:23
6	11.9	5:30	5:22
7	11.9	5:30	5:22
8	11.9	5:30	5:21
9	11.8	5:30	5:21
10	11.8	5:30	5:20
11	11.8	5:30	5:19
12	11.8	5:30	5:19
13	11.8	5:30	5:18
14	11.8	5:30	5:18
15	11.8	5:30	5:17
16	11.8	5:30	5:17
17	11.8	5:30	5:16
18	11.8	5:30	5:16
19	11.8	5:30	5:15
20	11.8	5:30	5:15
21	11.7	5:30	5:14
22	11.7	5:30	5:14
23	11.7	5:30	5:13
24	11.7	5:30	5:13
25	11.7	5:30	5:12
26	11.7	5:30	5:12
27	11.7	5:30	5:12
28	11.7	5:30	5:11
29	11.7	5:30	5:11
30	11.7	5:30	5:10

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.48 kWh/m² in November across the year — April's 5.47 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Maceió

In seasonPeak

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

Maceió's rainy season runs April–August, 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 Maceió?

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

4.8

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

5.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Maceió for sightseeing.

What to pack for Maceió in April

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

In April, Maceió sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Maceió 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 13 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	28	28	28	29	28	27	26	26	26	27	27	27
Comfort	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	28	Warm
Feb	28	Tropical
Mar	28	Tropical
Apr	29	Tropical
May	28	Tropical
Jun	27	Warm
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	26	Warm
Oct	27	Warm
Nov	27	Warm
Dec	27	Warm

UV index in Maceió 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 Maceió peaks around March 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	14	15	13	11	9	9	9	12	12	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Maceió?

Maceió sits at 9.7°S, 35.7°W, 11 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Satuba, 15 km away.

Topography around Maceió

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maceió has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 656 m.

The land around Maceió is covered by artificial surfaces (55%) and water (37%) within 3 km, water (55%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

66 m

artificial surfaces 55%

16 km

131 m

water 55%

80 km

656 m

grassland 38%

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← March Maceió year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Satuba 15 km · Marechal Deodoro 18 km · Rio Largo 25 km · Pilar 25 km · Messias 34 km · Atalaia 36 km · Barra de Santo Antônio 38 km · São Miguel dos Campos 41 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

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 Maceió (-9.6658°, -35.7353°, elevation 11 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	28	26
8	28	26
9	28	26
10	28	26
11	28	26
12	28	25
13	27	25
14	27	25
15	27	25
16	27	25
17	27	25
18	27	25
19	27	25
20	27	25
21	27	25
22	27	25
23	27	25
24	27	25
25	27	25
26	27	25
27	27	25
28	27	25
29	27	25
30	27	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	68	32
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	66	34
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	68
6	68
7	68
8	69
9	69
10	69
11	70
12	71
13	72
14	73
15	73
16	74
17	75
18	75
19	76
20	76
21	76
22	76
23	77
24	77
25	77
26	77
27	78
28	78
29	78
30	77

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	2	89	9
2	2	89	9
3	2	89	9
4	2	89	9
5	2	90	8
6	2	90	8
7	2	90	8
8	2	90	8
9	2	90	8
10	2	90	8
11	2	90	8
12	2	91	7
13	2	91	7
14	2	92	6
15	2	92	6
16	1	93	6
17	1	94	5
18	1	94	5
19	2	94	4
20	2	94	4
21	2	94	4
22	2	95	3
23	2	95	3
24	2	95	3
25	3	95	2
26	3	95	2
27	3	95	2
28	4	94	2
29	4	95	1
30	4	95	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	28	26
8	28	26
9	28	26
10	28	26
11	28	26
12	28	25
13	27	25
14	27	25
15	27	25
16	27	25
17	27	25
18	27	25
19	27	25
20	27	25
21	27	25
22	27	25
23	27	25
24	27	25
25	27	25
26	27	25
27	27	25
28	27	25
29	27	25
30	27	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	68	32
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	66	34
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	68
6	68
7	68
8	69
9	69
10	69
11	70
12	71
13	72
14	73
15	73
16	74
17	75
18	75
19	76
20	76
21	76
22	76
23	77
24	77
25	77
26	77
27	78
28	78
29	78
30	77

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	2	89	9
2	2	89	9
3	2	89	9
4	2	89	9
5	2	90	8
6	2	90	8
7	2	90	8
8	2	90	8
9	2	90	8
10	2	90	8
11	2	90	8
12	2	91	7
13	2	91	7
14	2	92	6
15	2	92	6
16	1	93	6
17	1	94	5
18	1	94	5
19	2	94	4
20	2	94	4
21	2	94	4
22	2	95	3
23	2	95	3
24	2	95	3
25	3	95	2
26	3	95	2
27	3	95	2
28	4	94	2
29	4	95	1
30	4	95	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	28	26
8	28	26
9	28	26
10	28	26
11	28	26
12	28	25
13	27	25
14	27	25
15	27	25
16	27	25
17	27	25
18	27	25
19	27	25
20	27	25
21	27	25
22	27	25
23	27	25
24	27	25
25	27	25
26	27	25
27	27	25
28	27	25
29	27	25
30	27	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	68	32
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	66	34
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	68
6	68
7	68
8	69
9	69
10	69
11	70
12	71
13	72
14	73
15	73
16	74
17	75
18	75
19	76
20	76
21	76
22	76
23	77
24	77
25	77
26	77
27	78
28	78
29	78
30	77

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	2	89	9
2	2	89	9
3	2	89	9
4	2	89	9
5	2	90	8
6	2	90	8
7	2	90	8
8	2	90	8
9	2	90	8
10	2	90	8
11	2	90	8
12	2	91	7
13	2	91	7
14	2	92	6
15	2	92	6
16	1	93	6
17	1	94	5
18	1	94	5
19	2	94	4
20	2	94	4
21	2	94	4
22	2	95	3
23	2	95	3
24	2	95	3
25	3	95	2
26	3	95	2
27	3	95	2
28	4	94	2
29	4	95	1
30	4	95	1