Climate averages 1991–2020

Setúbal 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.

Average high 19.3°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 11.5°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 45 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Setúbal · average highYear overview

April is a mild month in Setúbal: daytime highs average 19.3°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lisbon (32 km away). In April its highs average 17.9°C, 1.5°C cooler than Setúbal, with 51 mm of rain.

Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Setúbal ranks 1st of 12 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 18.0°C; Setúbal is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 35 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Setúbal climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Setúbal, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 14.6°C8.3°C8.3°C638.49.810 h
February 15.6°C8.4°C8.4°C486.610.711 h
March 18.0°C10.0°C10.0°C487.011.912 h
April, selected 19.3°C11.5°C11.5°C457.413.213 h
May 22.3°C13.6°C13.6°C355.114.214 h
June 25.9°C16.1°C16.1°C7.51.514.815 h
July 28.5°C17.6°C17.6°C1.30.414.615 h
August 28.9°C18.1°C18.1°C2.80.613.714 h
September 26.3°C16.9°C16.9°C253.612.512 h
October 22.3°C14.8°C14.8°C708.111.211 h
November 17.8°C11.6°C11.6°C748.810.110 h
December 15.4°C9.4°C9.4°C779.19.510 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

Distance from Setúbal

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Setúbal) is explained once on the Setúbal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.