Mossoró weather in April

In April, Mossoró sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 117 mm of rain across 16.8 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% 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 Mossoró's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mossoró's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
12th warmest
Overnight low
24°
7th coldest
Rainfall
117 mm
16.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
5:33 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover
67%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Mossoró 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 32°C through the month.

A typical April day in Mossoró reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°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 Mossoró

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.

Mossoró weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 24°681212.33.0
Feb33° / 24°8313.312.23.1
Mar32° / 24°12718.3123.1
Apr32° / 24°11716.811.93.3
May33° / 24°56911.83.8
Jun32° / 23°295.911.74.2
Jul33° / 22°18311.74.2
Aug34° / 22°30.511.83.7
Sep35° / 23°10.2123.3
Oct35° / 23°20.212.13.1
Nov35° / 24°30.512.23.2
Dec35° / 24°164.212.33.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in April, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23862
33961
43961
53961
63961
73961
83961
93961
104060
113961
123961
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143862
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223961
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274159
284258
294357
304456

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Mossoró gets around 117 mm of rain over 16.8 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 56% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
165
264
364
463
562
661
760
859
958
1058
1157
1256
1356
1456
1555
1655
1755
1854
1954
2054
2154
2253
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2650
2749
2848
2946
3045

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 83% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1067717
2067717
3067717
4067717
5067717
6067816
7077716
8067915
9068014
10068113
11068212
12068311
13068410
1407849
1507858
1607858
1707867
1807867
1907876
2007876
2107876
2207876
2307885
2407885
2508875
2608875
2709865
2809865
29010855
30110854

Wind in April

Winds average 11 km/h in April, the calmest month.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
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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 5:35 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 5:33 PM to 5:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.05:355:33
212.05:355:32
311.95:355:32
411.95:355:31
511.95:355:31
611.95:345:30
711.95:345:30
811.95:345:30
911.95:345:29
1011.95:345:29
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1311.95:335:27
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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 5.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.79 kWh/m² to a high of 6.83 kWh/m² in October across the year — April's 5.31 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
25.4Bright
35.4Bright
45.4Bright
55.4Bright
65.3Bright
75.3Bright
85.3Bright
95.3Bright
105.3Bright
115.3Bright
125.3Bright
135.3Bright
145.3Bright
155.3Bright
165.3Bright
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205.3Bright
215.3Bright
225.3Bright
235.3Bright
245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.2Bright
295.2Bright
305.2Bright
Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Mossoró

In seasonPeak

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

Mossoró'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 Mossoró?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mossoró.

What to pack for Mossoró in April

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

In April, Mossoró sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Mossoró 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 42 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
Nov28Warm
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Mossoró 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 Mossoró peaks around March 15 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 15UV 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 Mossoró?

Mossoró sits at 5.2°S, 37.3°W, 24 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Baraúna, 32 km away.

Topography around Mossoró

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mossoró has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 17 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 432 m.

The land around Mossoró is covered by artificial surfaces (60%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, shrubs (57%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and shrubs (50%), grassland (21%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
140 m
80 km
432 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
April weather nearby: Baraúna 32 km · Areia Branca 34 km · Icapuí 53 km · Jaguaruana 62 km · Açu 65 km · Caraúbas 71 km · Quixeré 72 km · Apodi 73 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 Mossoró (-5.1875°, -37.3442°, elevation 24 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).