Climate averages 1991–2020
Coimbra weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Coimbra: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aveiro (52 km away). In April its highs average 18.5°C, about as warm as Coimbra, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Coimbra ranks 2nd of 12 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 18.0°C; Coimbra is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 73 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Coimbra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 108 | 10.8 | 9.710 h |
| February | 14.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 81 | 8.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 17.6°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 85 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 19.0°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 92 | 10.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 73 | 9.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 23 | 5.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 8.5 | 2.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 28.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 14 | 3.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 49 | 6.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 117 | 11.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 117 | 11.9 | 10.010 h |
| December | 14.3°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 111 | 10.9 | 9.49 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Aveiro in AprilPortugal · 52 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Leiria in AprilPortugal · 61 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Viseu in AprilPortugal · 67 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Porto in AprilPortugal · 106 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Braga in AprilPortugal · 150 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.5°C · 142 mm rain
- Amadora in AprilPortugal · 176 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 11.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Lisbon in AprilPortugal · 176 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 12.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Queluz in AprilPortugal · 176 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 51 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Coimbra) is explained once on the Coimbra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.