Climate averages 1991–2020
Leiria weather
in April.
A mild, moderately 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 Leiria: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coimbra (61 km away). In April its highs average 19.0°C, about as warm as Leiria, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Leiria ranks 3rd of 12 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 18.0°C; Leiria is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 63 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
Leiria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.2°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 88 | 10.5 | 9.710 h |
| February | 15.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 66 | 8.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 17.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 70 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 73 | 10.5 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 63 | 8.7 | 14.314 h |
| June | 24.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 18 | 3.8 | 14.915 h |
| July | 26.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 6.2 | 1.8 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 9.6 | 2.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 41 | 5.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 96 | 10.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 98 | 11.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 15.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 91 | 10.3 | 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
- Coimbra in AprilPortugal · 61 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Aveiro in AprilPortugal · 101 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Amadora in AprilPortugal · 116 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 11.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Queluz in AprilPortugal · 116 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Lisbon in AprilPortugal · 117 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 12.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Viseu in AprilPortugal · 127 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Setúbal in AprilPortugal · 136 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Porto in AprilPortugal · 157 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 121 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 Leiria) is explained once on the Leiria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.