Climate averages 1991–2020
Santander weather
in April.
A mild, wet 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 Santander: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th 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 Barakaldo (69 km away). In April its highs average 15.3°C, 1.2°C cooler than Santander, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santander ranks joint 73rd of 93 for the warmest April highs and 85th of 93 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 93 cities is 18.3°C; Santander is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 86 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
Santander climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 115 | 14.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 13.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 104 | 13.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 15.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 104 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 103 | 14.8 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 86 | 14.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 21.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 68 | 10.9 | 15.415 h |
| July | 23.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 54 | 10.3 | 15.115 h |
| August | 24.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 60 | 10.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 78 | 11.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 109 | 13.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.4°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 150 | 15.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | 13.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 114 | 13.9 | 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
- Barakaldo in AprilSpain · 69 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 9.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Bilbao in AprilSpain · 75 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in AprilSpain · 115 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Burgos in AprilSpain · 125 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Donostia / San Sebastián in AprilSpain · 149 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Gijón in AprilSpain · 150 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 119 mm rain
- Logroño in AprilSpain · 156 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Oviedo in AprilSpain · 165 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.9°C · 117 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 Santander) is explained once on the Santander year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.