Sparta weather in April

In April, Sparta sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 48 mm of rain across 8.1 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Sparta's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sparta's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 48 mm; 8.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 6:02 AM – 6:59 PM
Cloud cover: 46%; 7th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Sparta is modern town in Laconia, Greece, near the site of ancient Sparta.

Density: 192/km²; people per km²

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 20°C by the end.

A typical April day in Sparta reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 4°C warmer than March and about 5°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	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10

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

Sparta weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 3°	85	10.5	1.3	9.7	2.7
Feb	12° / 4°	83	10.8	1.8	10.6	2.9
Mar	14° / 5°	74	10.1	0.7	11.7	4.2
Apr	18° / 8°	48	8.1	0	12.9	6.1
May	23° / 12°	41	7.7	0	14	7.6
Jun	28° / 17°	27	4.1	0	14.5	7.5
Jul	30° / 19°	13	3	0	14.3	6.2
Aug	30° / 20°	19	4.3	0	13.4	6.1
Sep	26° / 16°	35	5.7	0	12.3	7.8
Oct	22° / 12°	49	6.6	0	11	7.4
Nov	16° / 8°	89	8.6	0	10	5.5
Dec	12° / 5°	96	11.1	1.1	9.5	3.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%. 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 (%)	57	59	59	60	60	61	62	63	64	64	64	65	65	66	66	65	66	67	66	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	70	70
Cloudier (%)	43	41	41	40	40	39	38	37	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	35	34	33	34	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	66	34
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	70	30

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Sparta gets around 48 mm of rain over 8.1 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 28% and peaks near 34% 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 (%)	34	34	33	33	32	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	33
4	33
5	32
6	31
7	31
8	30
9	30
10	30
11	29
12	29
13	28
14	28
15	27
16	26
17	26
18	26
19	25
20	25
21	25
22	25
23	24
24	24
25	24
26	24
27	24
28	25
29	25
30	25

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in April

Winds average 7 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 30 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 6:24 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 7:12 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)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	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	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:24	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:17	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:44
Sunset (PM)	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:24	6:46
2	12.4	6:23	6:46
3	12.4	6:21	6:47
4	12.5	6:20	6:48
5	12.5	6:18	6:49
6	12.6	6:17	6:50
7	12.6	6:15	6:51
8	12.6	6:14	6:52
9	12.7	6:12	6:53
10	12.7	6:11	6:54
11	12.8	6:09	6:55
12	12.8	6:08	6:55
13	12.8	6:06	6:56
14	12.9	6:05	6:57
15	12.9	6:03	6:58
16	12.9	6:02	6:59
17	13.0	6:01	7:00
18	13.0	5:59	7:01
19	13.1	5:58	7:02
20	13.1	5:56	7:03
21	13.1	5:55	7:03
22	13.2	5:54	7:04
23	13.2	5:52	7:05
24	13.3	5:51	7:06
25	13.3	5:50	7:07
26	13.3	5:49	7:08
27	13.4	5:47	7:09
28	13.4	5:46	7:10
29	13.4	5:45	7:11
30	13.5	5:44	7:12

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.09 kWh/m² to a high of 7.47 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 5.95 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)	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	6.0	Bright
16	6.0	Bright
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.1	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.4	Intense
28	6.4	Intense
29	6.4	Intense
30	6.4	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Sparta

In seasonPeak

In April, Sparta sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Sparta's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Sparta?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Sparta for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sparta in April

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

In April, Sparta sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Sparta in April

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 35 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 28 to Nov 26 — about 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	16	19	22	25	26	25	23	21	18
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	16	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	23	Refreshing
Nov	21	Refreshing
Dec	18	Cool

UV index in Sparta 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 Sparta peaks around June 22 at about 10 (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	10	9	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Sparta in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Sparta is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (September, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	13	14	15	13	11	11	15	8	9	10	8
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	15	Moderate
May	13	Moderate
Jun	11	Good
Jul	11	Good
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	8	Good
Oct	9	Good
Nov	10	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Sparta?

Sparta sits at 37.1°N, 22.4°E, 206 m above sea level, in Greece. The nearest listed city is Kalamata, 28 km away.

Topography around Sparta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sparta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m around an average of 219 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,285 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,372 m.

The land around Sparta is covered by trees (66%) within 3 km, trees (66%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and water (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

177 m

trees 66%

16 km

2,285 m

trees 66%

80 km

2,372 m

trees 42%

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

April weather nearby: Kalamata 28 km · Trípoli 49 km · Nafplio 64 km · Árgos 68 km · Archaia Olympia 95 km · Kórinthos 107 km · Pýrgos 110 km · Amaliáda 125 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 Sparta (37.0745°, 22.4301°, elevation 206 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	7
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	16	7
5	16	7
6	16	7
7	16	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	8
12	17	8
13	17	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	18	8
20	18	8
21	19	9
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	19	9
25	19	9
26	19	9
27	20	9
28	20	10
29	20	10
30	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	66	34
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	70	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	33
4	33
5	32
6	31
7	31
8	30
9	30
10	30
11	29
12	29
13	28
14	28
15	27
16	26
17	26
18	26
19	25
20	25
21	25
22	25
23	24
24	24
25	24
26	24
27	24
28	25
29	25
30	25

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	66	34
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	70	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	33
4	33
5	32
6	31
7	31
8	30
9	30
10	30
11	29
12	29
13	28
14	28
15	27
16	26
17	26
18	26
19	25
20	25
21	25
22	25
23	24
24	24
25	24
26	24
27	24
28	25
29	25
30	25

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	66	34
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	70	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	33
4	33
5	32
6	31
7	31
8	30
9	30
10	30
11	29
12	29
13	28
14	28
15	27
16	26
17	26
18	26
19	25
20	25
21	25
22	25
23	24
24	24
25	24
26	24
27	24
28	25
29	25
30	25

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100