Climate averages 1991–2020
Vigo weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Vigo: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 152 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pontevedra (23 km away). In April its highs average 17.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Vigo, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Vigo ranks 77th of 93 for the warmest April highs and 93rd of 93 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 93 cities is 18.3°C; Vigo is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 152 mm to 118 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
Vigo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 221 | 14.6 | 9.59 h |
| February | 13.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 149 | 11.2 | 10.511 h |
| March | 15.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 158 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 152 | 13.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 118 | 12.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 21.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 57 | 7.6 | 15.215 h |
| July | 23.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 35 | 5.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 23.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 49 | 6.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 88 | 8.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 214 | 13.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 235 | 15.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 13.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 224 | 15.0 | 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
- Pontevedra in AprilSpain · 23 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 137 mm rain
- Ourense in AprilSpain · 72 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in AprilSpain · 73 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 6.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Braga in AprilPortugal · 80 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.5°C · 142 mm rain
- Porto in AprilPortugal · 121 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Lugo in AprilSpain · 129 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.6°C · 91 mm rain
- A Coruña in AprilSpain · 129 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 9.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Aveiro in AprilPortugal · 177 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.1°C · 98 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 Vigo) is explained once on the Vigo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.