Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarragona weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Tarragona: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Reus (12 km away). In April its highs average 19.7°C, 1.1°C warmer than Tarragona, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Tarragona ranks joint 40th of 93 for the warmest April highs and joint 25th of 93 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 93 cities is 18.3°C; Tarragona is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 38 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
Tarragona climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 42 | 6.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 13.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 31 | 5.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 16.5°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 37 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 43 | 6.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 38 | 5.4 | 14.514 h |
| June | 26.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 20 | 3.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 18 | 3.7 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 40 | 5.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 25.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 77 | 8.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 78 | 8.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 16.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 53 | 6.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | 12.8°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 42 | 6.0 | 9.39 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
- Reus in AprilSpain · 12 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Sant Boi de Llobregat in AprilSpain · 71 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Lleida in AprilSpain · 76 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 8.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Rubí in AprilSpain · 78 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 8.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Terrassa in AprilSpain · 81 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Barcelona in AprilSpain · 82 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Manresa in AprilSpain · 83 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Sabadell in AprilSpain · 86 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 61 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 Tarragona) is explained once on the Tarragona year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.