Climate averages 1991–2020
Gijón weather
in April.
A mild, 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 Gijón: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Avilés (21 km away). In April its highs average 14.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Gijón, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Gijón ranks 84th of 93 for the warmest April highs and 90th of 93 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 93 cities is 18.3°C; Gijón is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 119 mm to 109 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
Gijón climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 120 | 14.6 | 9.39 h |
| February | 12.6°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 102 | 13.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 107 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 119 | 15.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 109 | 15.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 20.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 78 | 12.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 21.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 64 | 11.4 | 15.115 h |
| August | 22.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 72 | 12.1 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 81 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 123 | 14.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 151 | 16.0 | 9.710 h |
| December | 13.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 121 | 13.8 | 9.09 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
- Avilés in AprilSpain · 21 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Oviedo in AprilSpain · 24 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.9°C · 117 mm rain
- León, Spain in AprilSpain · 104 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 3.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Santander in AprilSpain · 150 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Lugo in AprilSpain · 164 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Palencia in AprilSpain · 193 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Burgos in AprilSpain · 208 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Barakaldo in AprilSpain · 218 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 9.3°C · 97 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 Gijón) is explained once on the Gijón year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.