Climate averages 1991–2020
Granada weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Granada: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 7.7°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 9th 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 Vélez-Málaga (63 km away). In April its highs average 19.1°C, about as warm as Granada, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Granada ranks joint 35th 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; Granada is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 23.3°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
Granada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 50 | 7.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 48 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 57 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 56 | 9.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 50 | 8.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 26 | 5.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 33.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 7.7 | 2.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 14 | 4.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 35 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 50 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 58 | 7.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 12.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 58 | 7.6 | 9.710 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
- Vélez-Málaga in AprilSpain · 63 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Jaén in AprilSpain · 67 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 7.6°C · 69 mm rain
- El Ejido in AprilSpain · 84 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 13.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Málaga in AprilSpain · 89 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Roquetas de Mar in AprilSpain · 100 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Almería in AprilSpain · 109 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Mijas in AprilSpain · 113 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Córdoba, Spain in AprilSpain · 129 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 52 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 Granada) is explained once on the Granada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.