Climate averages 1991–2020
Cartagena, Spain weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th 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 Cartagena, Spain: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Murcia (45 km away). In April its highs average 22.6°C, 3.5°C warmer than Cartagena, Spain, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Cartagena, Spain ranks 33rd of 93 for the warmest April highs and joint 8th of 93 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 93 cities is 18.3°C; Cartagena, Spain is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 15 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
Cartagena, Spain climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 35 | 4.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 23 | 3.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 29 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 19.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 22 | 3.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 15 | 2.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 25.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 4.5 | 0.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.3 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| August | 28.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 33 | 3.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 36 | 4.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 39 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 16.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 30 | 4.7 | 9.610 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
- Murcia in AprilSpain · 45 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Torrevieja in AprilSpain · 50 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Orihuela in AprilSpain · 54 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Lorca in AprilSpain · 64 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Elche in AprilSpain · 77 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Alicante in AprilSpain · 94 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Benidorm in AprilSpain · 128 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Almería in AprilSpain · 156 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 17 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 Cartagena) is explained once on the Cartagena, Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.