Climate averages 1991–2020
Mijas weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Mijas: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Málaga (24 km away). In April its highs average 18.9°C, 2.4°C warmer than Mijas, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Mijas ranks 75th of 93 for the warmest April highs and joint 16th of 93 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 93 cities is 18.3°C; Mijas is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 20 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
Mijas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 64 | 7.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 54 | 6.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 55 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 35 | 5.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 19.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 20 | 3.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 23.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 5.2 | 0.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 26.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 26.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 3.2 | 0.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 23 | 2.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 56 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 72 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 79 | 7.9 | 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
- Málaga in AprilSpain · 24 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Marbella in AprilSpain · 24 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 12.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in AprilSpain · 52 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Gibraltar in AprilGibraltar · 81 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Algeciras in AprilSpain · 89 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Fnidek in AprilMorocco · 105 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Granada in AprilSpain · 113 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Martil in AprilMorocco · 123 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 12.6°C · 51 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 Mijas) is explained once on the Mijas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.