Climate averages 1991–2020
Alcalá de Henares weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Alcalá de Henares: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 10th 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 Torrejón de Ardoz (10 km away). In April its highs average 18.0°C, about as warm as Alcalá de Henares, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Alcalá de Henares ranks joint 55th of 93 for the warmest April highs and joint 65th of 93 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 93 cities is 18.3°C; Alcalá de Henares is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 50 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
Alcalá de Henares climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 42 | 7.7 | 9.610 h |
| February | 11.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 35 | 6.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 44 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.9°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 56 | 8.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 50 | 8.5 | 14.414 h |
| June | 28.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 23 | 4.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 32.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 7.6 | 1.7 | 14.815 h |
| August | 32.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 12 | 2.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 28 | 4.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 64 | 8.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 58 | 8.1 | 10.010 h |
| December | 10.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 47 | 7.7 | 9.39 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
- Torrejón de Ardoz in AprilSpain · 10 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Coslada in AprilSpain · 18 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 6.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Guadalajara, Spain in AprilSpain · 23 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 50 mm rain
- San Sebastián de los Reyes in AprilSpain · 24 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Alcobendas in AprilSpain · 25 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Chamartín in AprilSpain · 27 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 5.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Madrid in AprilSpain · 30 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 6.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Getafe in AprilSpain · 37 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.6°C · 46 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 Alcalá de Henares) is explained once on the Alcalá de Henares year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.