Santa Bárbara weather in April

In April, Santa Bárbara sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 53 mm of rain across 14.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Santa Bárbara's 4th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Bárbara's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 53 mm; 14.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 5:44 AM – 5:28 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 4th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.82 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical April day in Santa Bárbara reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°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)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	23
2	32	23
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
11	32	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22

How April really feels in Santa Bárbara

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Santa Bárbara weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-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	33° / 23°	55	8.8	12.6	3.5
Feb	33° / 23°	40	9.5	12.4	3.4
Mar	33° / 23°	54	11.9	12.1	3.4
Apr	31° / 22°	53	14.7	11.7	3.9
May	29° / 21°	53	14.6	11.5	4.9
Jun	27° / 20°	48	16.4	11.3	5.5
Jul	27° / 19°	39	14.2	11.4	5.9
Aug	28° / 19°	32	12.9	11.6	5.8
Sep	30° / 20°	25	8.8	11.9	5.3
Oct	32° / 21°	25	6.2	12.3	4.6
Nov	32° / 22°	44	7.4	12.6	4.0
Dec	33° / 23°	39	7.3	12.7	3.7

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 31% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

	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 (%)	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	55
Cloudier (%)	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	55	45

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Santa Bárbara gets around 53 mm of rain over 14.7 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 49% and peaks near 51% 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 (%)	44	44	45	45	46	46	47	48	48	49	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	47
8	48
9	48
10	49
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	51
15	51
16	51
17	51
18	51
19	51
20	51
21	51
22	51
23	51
24	51
25	51
26	51
27	51
28	51
29	51
30	51

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 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% 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
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Muggy (%)	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	37
Oppressive (%)	62	63	63	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	67	66	65	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	62

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	37	62
2	1	36	63
3	1	36	63
4	1	35	64
5	1	35	64
6	1	34	65
7	1	34	65
8	1	33	66
9	1	33	66
10	1	32	67
11	1	32	67
12	1	32	67
13	1	32	67
14	1	32	67
15	0	32	68
16	0	32	68
17	0	32	68
18	0	33	67
19	1	33	66
20	1	34	65
21	1	34	65
22	1	34	65
23	1	35	64
24	1	35	64
25	1	35	64
26	1	36	63
27	1	36	63
28	1	36	63
29	1	36	63
30	1	37	62

Wind in April

Winds average 11 km/h in April.

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.

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:44 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 5:38 PM to 5:21 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	11.8	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	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46
Sunset (PM)	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:31	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:29	5:28	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:26	5:25	5:25	5:24	5:24	5:23	5:23	5:22	5:22	5:21	5:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	5:44	5:38
2	11.9	5:44	5:37
3	11.9	5:44	5:36
4	11.9	5:44	5:36
5	11.9	5:44	5:35
6	11.8	5:44	5:34
7	11.8	5:44	5:34
8	11.8	5:44	5:33
9	11.8	5:44	5:32
10	11.8	5:44	5:32
11	11.8	5:44	5:31
12	11.8	5:44	5:31
13	11.8	5:44	5:30
14	11.8	5:44	5:29
15	11.7	5:44	5:29
16	11.7	5:44	5:28
17	11.7	5:44	5:28
18	11.7	5:44	5:27
19	11.7	5:44	5:26
20	11.7	5:44	5:26
21	11.7	5:44	5:25
22	11.7	5:45	5:25
23	11.7	5:45	5:24
24	11.7	5:45	5:24
25	11.6	5:45	5:23
26	11.6	5:45	5:23
27	11.6	5:45	5:22
28	11.6	5:45	5:22
29	11.6	5:45	5:21
30	11.6	5:46	5:21

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.56 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in December across the year — April's 4.82 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)	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Santa Bárbara?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

5.8

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Santa Bárbara.

What to pack for Santa Bárbara in April

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

In April, Santa Bárbara sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Santa Bárbara in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Santa Bárbara peaks around February 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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)	14	15	14	12	9	9	9	10	11	12	13	12
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	12	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Santa Bárbara?

Santa Bárbara sits at 12.0°S, 39.0°W, 277 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Irará, 25 km away.

Topography around Santa Bárbara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Bárbara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 255 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 386 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 626 m.

The land around Santa Bárbara is covered by grassland (76%) within 3 km, grassland (85%) within 16 km, and grassland (73%) within 80 km.

3 km

97 m

grassland 76%

16 km

386 m

grassland 85%

80 km

626 m

grassland 73%

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

April weather nearby: Irará 25 km · Serrinha 33 km · Feira de Santana 34 km · Coração de Maria 39 km · Biritinga 42 km · Serra Preta 45 km · Conceição do Jacuípe 46 km · Riachão do Jacuípe 48 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 Santa Bárbara (-11.9583°, -38.975°, elevation 277 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	32	23
2	32	23
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
11	32	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	47
8	48
9	48
10	49
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	51
15	51
16	51
17	51
18	51
19	51
20	51
21	51
22	51
23	51
24	51
25	51
26	51
27	51
28	51
29	51
30	51

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	37	62
2	1	36	63
3	1	36	63
4	1	35	64
5	1	35	64
6	1	34	65
7	1	34	65
8	1	33	66
9	1	33	66
10	1	32	67
11	1	32	67
12	1	32	67
13	1	32	67
14	1	32	67
15	0	32	68
16	0	32	68
17	0	32	68
18	0	33	67
19	1	33	66
20	1	34	65
21	1	34	65
22	1	34	65
23	1	35	64
24	1	35	64
25	1	35	64
26	1	36	63
27	1	36	63
28	1	36	63
29	1	36	63
30	1	37	62

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	23
2	32	23
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
11	32	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	47
8	48
9	48
10	49
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	51
15	51
16	51
17	51
18	51
19	51
20	51
21	51
22	51
23	51
24	51
25	51
26	51
27	51
28	51
29	51
30	51

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	37	62
2	1	36	63
3	1	36	63
4	1	35	64
5	1	35	64
6	1	34	65
7	1	34	65
8	1	33	66
9	1	33	66
10	1	32	67
11	1	32	67
12	1	32	67
13	1	32	67
14	1	32	67
15	0	32	68
16	0	32	68
17	0	32	68
18	0	33	67
19	1	33	66
20	1	34	65
21	1	34	65
22	1	34	65
23	1	35	64
24	1	35	64
25	1	35	64
26	1	36	63
27	1	36	63
28	1	36	63
29	1	36	63
30	1	37	62

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	23
2	32	23
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
11	32	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	47
8	48
9	48
10	49
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	51
15	51
16	51
17	51
18	51
19	51
20	51
21	51
22	51
23	51
24	51
25	51
26	51
27	51
28	51
29	51
30	51

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	37	62
2	1	36	63
3	1	36	63
4	1	35	64
5	1	35	64
6	1	34	65
7	1	34	65
8	1	33	66
9	1	33	66
10	1	32	67
11	1	32	67
12	1	32	67
13	1	32	67
14	1	32	67
15	0	32	68
16	0	32	68
17	0	32	68
18	0	33	67
19	1	33	66
20	1	34	65
21	1	34	65
22	1	34	65
23	1	35	64
24	1	35	64
25	1	35	64
26	1	36	63
27	1	36	63
28	1	36	63
29	1	36	63
30	1	37	62