Climate averages 1991–2020
Elche weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 10th 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 Elche: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alicante (21 km away). In April its highs average 19.9°C, 1.2°C cooler than Elche, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Elche ranks joint 10th of 93 for the warmest April highs and joint 13th of 93 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 93 cities is 18.3°C; Elche is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 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
Elche climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 24 | 4.2 | 9.810 h |
| February | 16.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 20 | 4.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 18.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 27 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 21.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 32 | 5.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 24.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 24 | 4.1 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 12 | 2.2 | 14.815 h |
| July | 31.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 14.515 h |
| August | 31.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 9.8 | 2.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 36 | 5.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 34 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 18.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 31 | 5.4 | 10.110 h |
| December | 15.7°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 22 | 4.2 | 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
- Alicante in AprilSpain · 21 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Orihuela in AprilSpain · 29 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Torrevieja in AprilSpain · 32 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Murcia in AprilSpain · 48 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Benidorm in AprilSpain · 58 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in AprilSpain · 77 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Gandia in AprilSpain · 90 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Lorca in AprilSpain · 110 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 37 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 Elche) is explained once on the Elche year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.