Climate averages 1991–2020
Faro weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Faro: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huelva (92 km away). In April its highs average 21.6°C, 3.3°C warmer than Faro, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Faro ranks 5th of 12 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 18.0°C; Faro is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 24 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
Faro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.0°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 55 | 7.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 47 | 5.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 53 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 42 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 24 | 4.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 23.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 26.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 26.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 19 | 2.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 67 | 6.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 70 | 7.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 90 | 7.7 | 9.710 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
- Huelva in AprilSpain · 92 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Cadiz, Spain in AprilSpain · 156 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Jerez de la Frontera in AprilSpain · 164 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 49 mm rain
- San Fernando, Spain in AprilSpain · 165 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Chiclana de la Frontera in AprilSpain · 172 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Sevilla in AprilSpain · 178 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Dos Hermanas in AprilSpain · 180 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Setúbal in AprilPortugal · 188 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 45 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 Faro) is explained once on the Faro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.