Climate averages 1991–2020
Palencia 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 Palencia: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Valladolid (43 km away). In April its highs average 16.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Palencia, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Palencia ranks joint 79th of 93 for the warmest April highs and joint 47th of 93 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 93 cities is 18.3°C; Palencia is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 51 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
Palencia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 42 | 8.2 | 9.59 h |
| February | 9.9°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 32 | 6.9 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 38 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 50 | 10.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.9°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 51 | 9.5 | 14.515 h |
| June | 25.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 30 | 6.2 | 15.215 h |
| July | 28.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 17 | 3.7 | 14.915 h |
| August | 28.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 14 | 3.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 29 | 5.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 56 | 8.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 52 | 9.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | 8.6°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 46 | 7.8 | 9.29 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
- Valladolid in AprilSpain · 43 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 5.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Burgos in AprilSpain · 77 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 66 mm rain
- León, Spain in AprilSpain · 108 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 3.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Salamanca, Spain in AprilSpain · 150 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 4.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Santander in AprilSpain · 172 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Las Rozas de Madrid in AprilSpain · 177 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 5.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Logroño in AprilSpain · 178 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.0°C · 63 mm rain
- San Sebastián de los Reyes in AprilSpain · 178 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 44 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 Palencia) is explained once on the Palencia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.