Climate averages 1991–2020
Santiago de Compostela 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 Santiago de Compostela: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pontevedra (51 km away). In April its highs average 17.2°C, 1.9°C warmer than Santiago de Compostela, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santiago de Compostela ranks joint 82nd of 93 for the warmest April highs and 87th of 93 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 93 cities is 18.3°C; Santiago de Compostela is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 17.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 115 mm to 92 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
Santiago de Compostela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 141 | 13.9 | 9.49 h |
| February | 11.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 101 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| March | 14.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 106 | 12.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.3°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 115 | 14.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 92 | 13.0 | 14.615 h |
| June | 20.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 54 | 8.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 23.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 30 | 5.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 23.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 44 | 7.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 69 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 140 | 13.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 151 | 15.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | 11.5°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 142 | 13.8 | 9.19 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
- Pontevedra in AprilSpain · 51 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 137 mm rain
- A Coruña in AprilSpain · 56 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 9.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Vigo in AprilSpain · 73 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 9.1°C · 152 mm rain
- Lugo in AprilSpain · 82 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Ourense in AprilSpain · 82 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Braga in AprilPortugal · 148 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.5°C · 142 mm rain
- Porto in AprilPortugal · 193 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Avilés in AprilSpain · 225 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 9.0°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 Santiago de Compostela) is explained once on the Santiago de Compostela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.