Fira weather in April

In April, Fira sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 15 mm of rain across 3.1 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Fira's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fira's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 15 mm; 3.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:51 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover: 33%; 7th clearest
Wind: 24 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 6.3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.6; out of 10

Fira is village in Santorini, Greece.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical April day in Fira reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C warmer than March and about 3°C cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	14
2	16	14
3	16	14
4	16	14
5	16	14
6	16	15
7	16	15
8	16	15
9	16	15
10	16	15
11	16	15
12	16	15
13	17	15
14	17	15
15	17	15
16	17	15
17	17	15
18	17	15
19	17	15
20	17	16
21	17	16
22	17	16
23	17	16
24	17	16
25	17	16
26	17	16
27	18	16
28	18	16
29	18	16
30	18	17

Fira weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 13°	69	11.3	9.8	4.2
Feb	14° / 13°	58	9.3	10.6	4.3
Mar	15° / 13°	39	6.4	11.7	5.2
Apr	17° / 15°	15	3.1	12.9	6.6
May	20° / 18°	8	1.6	13.9	8.1
Jun	23° / 22°	1	0.3	14.4	9.5
Jul	25° / 24°	0	0	14.2	9.7
Aug	25° / 24°	0	0.1	13.4	9.6
Sep	24° / 23°	5	1.1	12.2	9.4
Oct	21° / 20°	25	3.9	11.1	8.0
Nov	18° / 17°	36	6.2	10.1	6.7
Dec	16° / 14°	58	9.6	9.6	5.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	72	72	72	72	74	75	75	76	77	78	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	77	78	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	82	82	82	82
Cloudier (%)	28	28	28	28	26	25	25	24	23	22	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	18	18	18	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	74	26
6	75	25
7	75	25
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Fira gets around 15 mm of rain over 3.1 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 11% and peaks near 18% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	18
2	18
3	17
4	17
5	16
6	15
7	15
8	14
9	14
10	13
11	12
12	12
13	11
14	10
15	10
16	9
17	9
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	7
22	7
23	7
24	7
25	7
26	6
27	6
28	6
29	6
30	6

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 58% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	77	76	74	73	72	71	69	67	66	65	64	63	62	60	60	59	58	57	56	55	54	52	50	48	46	44	42	40	37	35
Comfortable (%)	23	24	26	27	28	29	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	38	39	40	41	41	42	43	44	45	46	48	49	50	50	52	52
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	9	10	11	13

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	77	23	0
2	76	24	0
3	74	26	0
4	73	27	0
5	72	28	0
6	71	29	0
7	69	31	0
8	67	32	1
9	66	33	1
10	65	34	1
11	64	35	1
12	63	36	1
13	62	37	1
14	60	38	2
15	60	38	2
16	59	39	2
17	58	40	2
18	57	41	2
19	56	41	3
20	55	42	3
21	54	43	3
22	52	44	4
23	50	45	5
24	48	46	5
25	46	48	6
26	44	49	7
27	42	50	9
28	40	50	10
29	37	52	11
30	35	52	13

Wind in April

Winds average 24 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 26 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	26	breezy
2	26	breezy
3	25	breezy
4	25	breezy
5	25	breezy
6	25	breezy
7	25	breezy
8	25	breezy
9	25	breezy
10	24	breezy
11	24	breezy
12	24	breezy
13	24	breezy
14	24	breezy
15	24	breezy
16	24	breezy
17	24	breezy
18	24	breezy
19	23	breezy
20	23	breezy
21	23	breezy
22	23	breezy
23	23	breezy
24	23	breezy
25	23	breezy
26	23	breezy
27	22	breezy
28	22	breezy
29	22	breezy
30	22	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:59 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:56	5:55	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:33
Sunset (PM)	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:13	6:33
2	12.4	6:11	6:34
3	12.4	6:10	6:35
4	12.5	6:08	6:36
5	12.5	6:07	6:37
6	12.5	6:05	6:38
7	12.6	6:04	6:39
8	12.6	6:02	6:39
9	12.7	6:01	6:40
10	12.7	5:59	6:41
11	12.7	5:58	6:42
12	12.8	5:56	6:43
13	12.8	5:55	6:44
14	12.9	5:53	6:45
15	12.9	5:52	6:45
16	12.9	5:51	6:46
17	13.0	5:49	6:47
18	13.0	5:48	6:48
19	13.0	5:47	6:49
20	13.1	5:45	6:50
21	13.1	5:44	6:51
22	13.1	5:43	6:52
23	13.2	5:41	6:52
24	13.2	5:40	6:53
25	13.3	5:39	6:54
26	13.3	5:37	6:55
27	13.3	5:36	6:56
28	13.4	5:35	6:57
29	13.4	5:34	6:58
30	13.4	5:33	6:59

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.21 kWh/m² to a high of 7.91 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.3 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.0	Intense
11	6.1	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.2	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.4	Intense
18	6.4	Intense
19	6.5	Intense
20	6.5	Intense
21	6.5	Intense
22	6.6	Intense
23	6.6	Intense
24	6.7	Intense
25	6.7	Intense
26	6.7	Intense
27	6.8	Intense
28	6.8	Intense
29	6.8	Intense
30	6.8	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Fira?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

1.4

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Fira for sightseeing.

What to pack for Fira in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Fira sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 15°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and a windbreaker. About 3 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layera windbreaker

Sea temperature near Fira in April

The nearest coast averages about 17°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 24°C and coldest in February near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 28 to Nov 12 — about 5.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	16	16	17	19	22	24	24	24	22	20	18
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	16	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	24	Refreshing
Aug	24	Warm
Sep	24	Refreshing
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	20	Cool
Dec	18	Cool

UV index in Fira in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fira peaks around July 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	8	7	9	9	9	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Fira?

Fira sits at 36.4°N, 25.4°E, 0 m above sea level, in Greece. The nearest listed city is Oia, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Fira

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Fira.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fira has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 355 m around an average of 75 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 548 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 971 m.

The land around Fira is covered by water (41%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, water (89%) within 16 km, and water (93%) within 80 km.

3 km

355 m

water 41%

16 km

548 m

water 89%

80 km

971 m

water 93%

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← March Fira year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Oia 7.0 km · Naxos 76 km · Paros 78 km · Mykonos 114 km · Heraklion 124 km · Rethymno 145 km · Chania 162 km · Kos 174 km

Greece travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 60% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $26,948; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 8.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 592
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Fira (36.4211°, 25.4309°, elevation 0 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	14
2	16	14
3	16	14
4	16	14
5	16	14
6	16	15
7	16	15
8	16	15
9	16	15
10	16	15
11	16	15
12	16	15
13	17	15
14	17	15
15	17	15
16	17	15
17	17	15
18	17	15
19	17	15
20	17	16
21	17	16
22	17	16
23	17	16
24	17	16
25	17	16
26	17	16
27	18	16
28	18	16
29	18	16
30	18	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	74	26
6	75	25
7	75	25
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	18
2	18
3	17
4	17
5	16
6	15
7	15
8	14
9	14
10	13
11	12
12	12
13	11
14	10
15	10
16	9
17	9
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	7
22	7
23	7
24	7
25	7
26	6
27	6
28	6
29	6
30	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	77	23	0
2	76	24	0
3	74	26	0
4	73	27	0
5	72	28	0
6	71	29	0
7	69	31	0
8	67	32	1
9	66	33	1
10	65	34	1
11	64	35	1
12	63	36	1
13	62	37	1
14	60	38	2
15	60	38	2
16	59	39	2
17	58	40	2
18	57	41	2
19	56	41	3
20	55	42	3
21	54	43	3
22	52	44	4
23	50	45	5
24	48	46	5
25	46	48	6
26	44	49	7
27	42	50	9
28	40	50	10
29	37	52	11
30	35	52	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	14
2	16	14
3	16	14
4	16	14
5	16	14
6	16	15
7	16	15
8	16	15
9	16	15
10	16	15
11	16	15
12	16	15
13	17	15
14	17	15
15	17	15
16	17	15
17	17	15
18	17	15
19	17	15
20	17	16
21	17	16
22	17	16
23	17	16
24	17	16
25	17	16
26	17	16
27	18	16
28	18	16
29	18	16
30	18	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	74	26
6	75	25
7	75	25
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	18
2	18
3	17
4	17
5	16
6	15
7	15
8	14
9	14
10	13
11	12
12	12
13	11
14	10
15	10
16	9
17	9
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	7
22	7
23	7
24	7
25	7
26	6
27	6
28	6
29	6
30	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	77	23	0
2	76	24	0
3	74	26	0
4	73	27	0
5	72	28	0
6	71	29	0
7	69	31	0
8	67	32	1
9	66	33	1
10	65	34	1
11	64	35	1
12	63	36	1
13	62	37	1
14	60	38	2
15	60	38	2
16	59	39	2
17	58	40	2
18	57	41	2
19	56	41	3
20	55	42	3
21	54	43	3
22	52	44	4
23	50	45	5
24	48	46	5
25	46	48	6
26	44	49	7
27	42	50	9
28	40	50	10
29	37	52	11
30	35	52	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	14
2	16	14
3	16	14
4	16	14
5	16	14
6	16	15
7	16	15
8	16	15
9	16	15
10	16	15
11	16	15
12	16	15
13	17	15
14	17	15
15	17	15
16	17	15
17	17	15
18	17	15
19	17	15
20	17	16
21	17	16
22	17	16
23	17	16
24	17	16
25	17	16
26	17	16
27	18	16
28	18	16
29	18	16
30	18	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	74	26
6	75	25
7	75	25
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	18
2	18
3	17
4	17
5	16
6	15
7	15
8	14
9	14
10	13
11	12
12	12
13	11
14	10
15	10
16	9
17	9
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	7
22	7
23	7
24	7
25	7
26	6
27	6
28	6
29	6
30	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	77	23	0
2	76	24	0
3	74	26	0
4	73	27	0
5	72	28	0
6	71	29	0
7	69	31	0
8	67	32	1
9	66	33	1
10	65	34	1
11	64	35	1
12	63	36	1
13	62	37	1
14	60	38	2
15	60	38	2
16	59	39	2
17	58	40	2
18	57	41	2
19	56	41	3
20	55	42	3
21	54	43	3
22	52	44	4
23	50	45	5
24	48	46	5
25	46	48	6
26	44	49	7
27	42	50	9
28	40	50	10
29	37	52	11
30	35	52	13