Vera Cruz weather in April

In April, Vera Cruz sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 158 mm of rain across 22.3 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-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 45% 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 Vera Cruz's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vera Cruz's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 25°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 158 mm; 22.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 5:43 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 10th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.32 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.8; out of 10

← March Vera Cruz 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

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

A typical April day in Vera Cruz 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 26°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and about 1°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	27	27	27	27	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	26	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	27	26
10	27	26
11	27	26
12	27	26
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

Vera Cruz weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 26°	59	12.4	12.7	6.3
Feb	28° / 26°	61	14.4	12.4	5.8
Mar	28° / 26°	91	17.8	12.1	5.5
Apr	27° / 25°	158	22.3	11.7	4.8
May	26° / 25°	186	22.8	11.4	4.9
Jun	26° / 24°	150	22.9	11.3	4.9
Jul	25° / 23°	116	21.9	11.3	5.3
Aug	25° / 23°	81	19.8	11.6	5.7
Sep	25° / 24°	64	14.6	11.9	6.4
Oct	26° / 24°	58	10.9	12.3	6.8
Nov	27° / 25°	64	10.6	12.6	6.5
Dec	27° / 25°	40	9.6	12.7	6.6

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%. 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 (%)	69	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	68	69
Cloudier (%)	31	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	32	31

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Vera Cruz gets around 158 mm of rain over 22.3 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 75% and peaks near 79% 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 (%)	67	68	68	68	69	69	70	70	71	72	73	73	74	75	76	76	77	77	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	69
6	69
7	70
8	70
9	71
10	72
11	73
12	73
13	74
14	75
15	76
16	76
17	77
18	77
19	78
20	78
21	79
22	79
23	79
24	79
25	79
26	79
27	79
28	79
29	79
30	79

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 91% 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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	7	7
Oppressive (%)	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	92	92	91	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	91	91
Miserable (%)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	1	88	11
2	1	88	11
3	1	88	11
4	1	88	11
5	1	89	10
6	1	89	10
7	1	89	10
8	1	89	10
9	1	90	9
10	1	90	9
11	1	90	9
12	1	91	8
13	1	91	8
14	1	92	7
15	1	92	7
16	2	91	7
17	2	92	6
18	2	92	6
19	2	93	5
20	2	93	5
21	3	93	4
22	3	93	4
23	3	93	4
24	4	93	3
25	4	93	3
26	5	92	3
27	6	92	2
28	6	92	2
29	7	91	2
30	7	91	2

Wind in April

Winds average 16 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

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 5:42 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 5:36 PM to 5:18 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	11.8	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	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	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
Sunset (PM)	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:28	5:27	5:27	5:26	5:25	5:25	5:24	5:24	5:23	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:21	5:20	5:20	5:19	5:19	5:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	5:42	5:36
2	11.9	5:42	5:35
3	11.9	5:42	5:34
4	11.9	5:42	5:34
5	11.8	5:43	5:33
6	11.8	5:43	5:32
7	11.8	5:43	5:32
8	11.8	5:43	5:31
9	11.8	5:43	5:30
10	11.8	5:43	5:30
11	11.8	5:43	5:29
12	11.8	5:43	5:28
13	11.7	5:43	5:28
14	11.7	5:43	5:27
15	11.7	5:43	5:27
16	11.7	5:43	5:26
17	11.7	5:43	5:25
18	11.7	5:44	5:25
19	11.7	5:44	5:24
20	11.7	5:44	5:24
21	11.7	5:44	5:23
22	11.6	5:44	5:23
23	11.6	5:44	5:22
24	11.6	5:44	5:21
25	11.6	5:44	5:21
26	11.6	5:44	5:20
27	11.6	5:45	5:20
28	11.6	5:45	5:19
29	11.6	5:45	5:19
30	11.6	5:45	5:18

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.07 kWh/m² to a high of 6.73 kWh/m² in January across the year — April's 5.32 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)	5.8	5.8	5.8	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	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8
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	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Vera Cruz

In seasonPeak

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

Vera Cruz's rainy season runs March–July, 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 Vera Cruz?

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

4.8

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Vera Cruz for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vera Cruz in April

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

In April, Vera Cruz 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 Vera Cruz in April

The nearest coast averages about 28°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 18 km away) is warmest in March at about 28°C and coldest in August near 25°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	28	28	26	26	25	26	26	27	27
Comfort	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	28	Warm
Feb	28	Warm
Mar	28	Tropical
Apr	28	Tropical
May	28	Warm
Jun	26	Warm
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	26	Warm
Oct	26	Warm
Nov	27	Warm
Dec	27	Warm

UV index in Vera Cruz 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 Vera Cruz peaks around February 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 8 (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	14	12	9	8	8	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	13	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Vera Cruz?

Vera Cruz sits at 13.0°S, 38.6°W, 9 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Itaparica, 11 km away.

Topography around Vera Cruz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vera Cruz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 422 m.

The land around Vera Cruz is covered by water (55%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, water (76%) within 16 km, and water (39%), trees (29%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

95 m

water 55%

16 km

103 m

water 76%

80 km

422 m

water 39%

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

April weather nearby: Itaparica 11 km · Salvador 13 km · Madre de Deus 24 km · Simões Filho 30 km · Lauro de Freitas 31 km · Candeias 33 km · Jaguaripe 35 km · São Francisco do Conde 38 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 Vera Cruz (-12.9603°, -38.6086°, elevation 9 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	27	26
10	27	26
11	27	26
12	27	26
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	69	31
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	69	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	69
6	69
7	70
8	70
9	71
10	72
11	73
12	73
13	74
14	75
15	76
16	76
17	77
18	77
19	78
20	78
21	79
22	79
23	79
24	79
25	79
26	79
27	79
28	79
29	79
30	79

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	1	88	11
2	1	88	11
3	1	88	11
4	1	88	11
5	1	89	10
6	1	89	10
7	1	89	10
8	1	89	10
9	1	90	9
10	1	90	9
11	1	90	9
12	1	91	8
13	1	91	8
14	1	92	7
15	1	92	7
16	2	91	7
17	2	92	6
18	2	92	6
19	2	93	5
20	2	93	5
21	3	93	4
22	3	93	4
23	3	93	4
24	4	93	3
25	4	93	3
26	5	92	3
27	6	92	2
28	6	92	2
29	7	91	2
30	7	91	2

	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	27	26
10	27	26
11	27	26
12	27	26
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	69	31
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	69	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	69
6	69
7	70
8	70
9	71
10	72
11	73
12	73
13	74
14	75
15	76
16	76
17	77
18	77
19	78
20	78
21	79
22	79
23	79
24	79
25	79
26	79
27	79
28	79
29	79
30	79

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	1	88	11
2	1	88	11
3	1	88	11
4	1	88	11
5	1	89	10
6	1	89	10
7	1	89	10
8	1	89	10
9	1	90	9
10	1	90	9
11	1	90	9
12	1	91	8
13	1	91	8
14	1	92	7
15	1	92	7
16	2	91	7
17	2	92	6
18	2	92	6
19	2	93	5
20	2	93	5
21	3	93	4
22	3	93	4
23	3	93	4
24	4	93	3
25	4	93	3
26	5	92	3
27	6	92	2
28	6	92	2
29	7	91	2
30	7	91	2

	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	27	26
10	27	26
11	27	26
12	27	26
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	69	31
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	69	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	69
6	69
7	70
8	70
9	71
10	72
11	73
12	73
13	74
14	75
15	76
16	76
17	77
18	77
19	78
20	78
21	79
22	79
23	79
24	79
25	79
26	79
27	79
28	79
29	79
30	79

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	1	88	11
2	1	88	11
3	1	88	11
4	1	88	11
5	1	89	10
6	1	89	10
7	1	89	10
8	1	89	10
9	1	90	9
10	1	90	9
11	1	90	9
12	1	91	8
13	1	91	8
14	1	92	7
15	1	92	7
16	2	91	7
17	2	92	6
18	2	92	6
19	2	93	5
20	2	93	5
21	3	93	4
22	3	93	4
23	3	93	4
24	4	93	3
25	4	93	3
26	5	92	3
27	6	92	2
28	6	92	2
29	7	91	2
30	7	91	2