Malacacheta weather in April

In April, Malacacheta sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 75 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-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 18% of the time in April, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of April to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Malacacheta's 7th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Malacacheta's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 75 mm; 11.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 7:01 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 7th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Malacacheta 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 Malacacheta reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C cooler than March and about 2°C warmer than 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	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17

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

Malacacheta weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 19°	125	13.9	12.9	4.8
Feb	29° / 19°	98	10.9	12.6	4.9
Mar	29° / 19°	129	14.8	12.1	5.0
Apr	27° / 18°	75	11.5	11.6	6.1
May	26° / 16°	29	7.6	11.2	7.0
Jun	25° / 15°	17	4.8	11	7.7
Jul	24° / 14°	16	5.2	11	7.8
Aug	25° / 14°	14	4.5	11.4	7.7
Sep	27° / 16°	25	5.5	11.9	7.2
Oct	28° / 18°	85	9.7	12.4	5.8
Nov	28° / 19°	187	16.6	12.8	5.1
Dec	28° / 19°	207	18	13	4.6

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

	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 (%)	42	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	42	43	44	44	45	45	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	50	49	49	49
Cloudier (%)	58	58	58	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	58	57	56	56	55	55	54	53	53	52	52	51	51	50	51	51	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	46	54
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Malacacheta gets around 75 mm of rain over 11.5 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 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days. The odds ease 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 (%)	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	33	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	41
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	39
16	39
17	38
18	38
19	37
20	37
21	36
22	36
23	36
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	34
29	33
30	33

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the muggy band about 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 61% 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
Comfortable (%)	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	13
Humid (%)	25	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	32	33	33	34	35	36	37	38	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	46
Muggy (%)	69	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	65	64	64	63	63	62	62	60	60	59	57	55	55	53	51	49	47	45	43	41
Oppressive (%)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	25	69	5
2	2	25	68	5
3	2	25	68	5
4	2	26	67	5
5	3	26	67	4
6	3	26	67	4
7	3	27	66	4
8	3	27	66	4
9	3	28	66	3
10	3	28	66	3
11	3	29	65	3
12	4	30	64	2
13	4	30	64	2
14	4	31	63	2
15	4	32	63	1
16	4	33	62	1
17	4	33	62	1
18	5	34	60	1
19	5	35	60	0
20	5	36	59	0
21	6	37	57	0
22	7	38	55	0
23	7	38	55	0
24	8	39	53	0
25	9	40	51	0
26	10	41	49	0
27	11	42	47	0
28	12	43	45	0
29	13	44	43	0
30	13	46	41	0

Wind in April

Winds average 7 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of April to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:57 AM to 7:04 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 6:27 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)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:04
Sunset (PM)	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:57	6:48
2	11.8	6:58	6:48
3	11.8	6:58	6:47
4	11.8	6:58	6:46
5	11.8	6:58	6:45
6	11.8	6:58	6:44
7	11.7	6:59	6:43
8	11.7	6:59	6:43
9	11.7	6:59	6:42
10	11.7	6:59	6:41
11	11.7	7:00	6:40
12	11.7	7:00	6:39
13	11.6	7:00	6:39
14	11.6	7:00	6:38
15	11.6	7:00	6:37
16	11.6	7:01	6:36
17	11.6	7:01	6:36
18	11.6	7:01	6:35
19	11.5	7:01	6:34
20	11.5	7:02	6:33
21	11.5	7:02	6:33
22	11.5	7:02	6:32
23	11.5	7:02	6:31
24	11.5	7:03	6:31
25	11.5	7:03	6:30
26	11.4	7:03	6:29
27	11.4	7:03	6:29
28	11.4	7:04	6:28
29	11.4	7:04	6:28
30	11.4	7:04	6:27

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.51 kWh/m² to a high of 6.17 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 4.45 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)	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
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	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Malacacheta

In seasonPeak

None of Malacacheta's seasonal hazards are active in April. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Malacacheta's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Malacacheta?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

6.3

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Malacacheta for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Malacacheta in April

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

In April, Malacacheta sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Malacacheta in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Malacacheta peaks around February 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 7 (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)	14	15	14	11	8	7	8	9	11	12	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	8	Very high
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Malacacheta?

Malacacheta sits at 17.8°S, 42.1°W, 683 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Itambacuri, 46 km away.

Topography around Malacacheta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Malacacheta has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 444 m around an average of 668 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 879 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,435 m.

The land around Malacacheta is covered by trees (49%) and grassland (46%) within 3 km, trees (69%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

444 m

trees 49%

16 km

879 m

trees 69%

80 km

1,435 m

trees 66%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces

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

April weather nearby: Itambacuri 46 km · Novo Cruzeiro 47 km · Capelinha 49 km · Teófilo Otoni 61 km · Itamarandiba 83 km · Caraí 83 km · Minas Novas 88 km · Turmalina 93 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 Malacacheta (-17.8422°, -42.0767°, elevation 683 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	46	54
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	41
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	39
16	39
17	38
18	38
19	37
20	37
21	36
22	36
23	36
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	34
29	33
30	33

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	25	69	5
2	2	25	68	5
3	2	25	68	5
4	2	26	67	5
5	3	26	67	4
6	3	26	67	4
7	3	27	66	4
8	3	27	66	4
9	3	28	66	3
10	3	28	66	3
11	3	29	65	3
12	4	30	64	2
13	4	30	64	2
14	4	31	63	2
15	4	32	63	1
16	4	33	62	1
17	4	33	62	1
18	5	34	60	1
19	5	35	60	0
20	5	36	59	0
21	6	37	57	0
22	7	38	55	0
23	7	38	55	0
24	8	39	53	0
25	9	40	51	0
26	10	41	49	0
27	11	42	47	0
28	12	43	45	0
29	13	44	43	0
30	13	46	41	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	46	54
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	41
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	39
16	39
17	38
18	38
19	37
20	37
21	36
22	36
23	36
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	34
29	33
30	33

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	25	69	5
2	2	25	68	5
3	2	25	68	5
4	2	26	67	5
5	3	26	67	4
6	3	26	67	4
7	3	27	66	4
8	3	27	66	4
9	3	28	66	3
10	3	28	66	3
11	3	29	65	3
12	4	30	64	2
13	4	30	64	2
14	4	31	63	2
15	4	32	63	1
16	4	33	62	1
17	4	33	62	1
18	5	34	60	1
19	5	35	60	0
20	5	36	59	0
21	6	37	57	0
22	7	38	55	0
23	7	38	55	0
24	8	39	53	0
25	9	40	51	0
26	10	41	49	0
27	11	42	47	0
28	12	43	45	0
29	13	44	43	0
30	13	46	41	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	46	54
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	41
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	39
16	39
17	38
18	38
19	37
20	37
21	36
22	36
23	36
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	34
29	33
30	33

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	25	69	5
2	2	25	68	5
3	2	25	68	5
4	2	26	67	5
5	3	26	67	4
6	3	26	67	4
7	3	27	66	4
8	3	27	66	4
9	3	28	66	3
10	3	28	66	3
11	3	29	65	3
12	4	30	64	2
13	4	30	64	2
14	4	31	63	2
15	4	32	63	1
16	4	33	62	1
17	4	33	62	1
18	5	34	60	1
19	5	35	60	0
20	5	36	59	0
21	6	37	57	0
22	7	38	55	0
23	7	38	55	0
24	8	39	53	0
25	9	40	51	0
26	10	41	49	0
27	11	42	47	0
28	12	43	45	0
29	13	44	43	0
30	13	46	41	0