Monção weather in April

In April, Monção sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 155 mm of rain across 14.6 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Monção's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Monção's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 155 mm; 14.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 6:00 AM – 7:08 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 9th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Monção is human settlement in Portugal.

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical April day in Monção reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°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	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9

	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	16	7
9	16	7
10	16	7
11	16	7
12	16	7
13	16	8
14	16	8
15	16	8
16	16	8
17	16	8
18	16	8
19	16	8
20	16	8
21	16	8
22	16	8
23	16	8
24	17	8
25	17	8
26	17	8
27	17	8
28	17	8
29	17	8
30	17	9

Monção weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 4°	200	13.3	9.3	2.7
Feb	13° / 5°	134	10.5	10.3	3.4
Mar	15° / 6°	156	11.5	11.7	4.4
Apr	16° / 8°	155	14.6	13.1	4.6
May	19° / 10°	136	13.5	14.4	5.6
Jun	22° / 13°	62	8.4	15	7.0
Jul	24° / 15°	36	5.6	14.8	8.1
Aug	25° / 15°	48	5.9	13.7	8.1
Sep	22° / 13°	89	8.5	12.3	7.1
Oct	18° / 11°	211	13.4	10.8	5.5
Nov	14° / 7°	212	14.1	9.6	3.8
Dec	12° / 5°	206	13.3	9	3.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

	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 (%)	42	42	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	43	43	42	42	42	41	40	40	39	39	37	37	37	38	37	38	38	39	38	39
Cloudier (%)	58	58	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	56	57	57	58	58	58	59	60	60	61	61	63	63	63	62	63	62	62	61	62	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	43	57
6	43	57
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	38	62
30	39	61

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Monção gets around 155 mm of rain over 14.6 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 48% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	46	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	48	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	47
3	47
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	48
17	48
18	49
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	50
25	50
26	50
27	49
28	49
29	48
30	48

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 98% 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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	95	95	94
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	94	6

Wind in April

Winds average 9 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:26 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 7:24 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	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:26	6:24	6:22	6:21	6:19	6:17	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:00	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:52	5:50	5:49	5:47	5:46	5:44	5:43	5:41	5:40	5:39
Sunset (PM)	6:51	6:52	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:26	6:51
2	12.5	6:24	6:52
3	12.5	6:22	6:54
4	12.6	6:21	6:55
5	12.6	6:19	6:56
6	12.7	6:17	6:57
7	12.7	6:15	6:58
8	12.8	6:14	6:59
9	12.8	6:12	7:00
10	12.9	6:10	7:01
11	12.9	6:08	7:03
12	12.9	6:07	7:04
13	13.0	6:05	7:05
14	13.0	6:03	7:06
15	13.1	6:02	7:07
16	13.1	6:00	7:08
17	13.2	5:58	7:09
18	13.2	5:57	7:10
19	13.3	5:55	7:12
20	13.3	5:54	7:13
21	13.4	5:52	7:14
22	13.4	5:50	7:15
23	13.5	5:49	7:16
24	13.5	5:47	7:17
25	13.5	5:46	7:18
26	13.6	5:44	7:20
27	13.6	5:43	7:21
28	13.7	5:41	7:22
29	13.7	5:40	7:23
30	13.8	5:39	7:24

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.51 kWh/m² to a high of 7.11 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.2 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)	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Monção

In seasonPeak

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

Monção's rainy season runs October–May, 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 Monção?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.7

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Monção for sightseeing.

What to pack for Monção in April

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

In April, Monção sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 8°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain geara warm layersun protection

Sea temperature near Monção in April

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 33 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	13	13	14	15	17	17	17	17	16	15	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	15	Cool
Jun	17	Cool
Jul	17	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	15	Cool
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Monção in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Monção peaks around July 12 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	7	7	9	9	8	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Monção 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 Monção is worst in September — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (November, 7 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)	10	12	15	12	8	8	9	14	19	17	7	7
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	12	Good
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	12	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	7	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Monção?

Monção sits at 42.1°N, 8.5°W, 34 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Ponteareas, 11 km away.

Topography around Monção

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Monção has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 164 m around an average of 61 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 948 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,517 m.

The land around Monção is covered by trees (47%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (46%), grassland (28%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

164 m

trees 47%

16 km

948 m

trees 60%

80 km

1,517 m

trees 46%

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

April weather nearby: Ponteareas 11 km · Tui 14 km · Porriño 15 km · Redondela 25 km · Vigo 26 km · Arcos de Valdevez 26 km · Nigrán 28 km · Moaña 31 km

Portugal travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / E / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 60% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $32,082; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 95%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 8.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 612
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 Monção (42.0789°, -8.4808°, elevation 34 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	16	7
9	16	7
10	16	7
11	16	7
12	16	7
13	16	8
14	16	8
15	16	8
16	16	8
17	16	8
18	16	8
19	16	8
20	16	8
21	16	8
22	16	8
23	16	8
24	17	8
25	17	8
26	17	8
27	17	8
28	17	8
29	17	8
30	17	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	43	57
6	43	57
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	38	62
30	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	47
3	47
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	48
17	48
18	49
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	50
25	50
26	50
27	49
28	49
29	48
30	48

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	94	6

	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	16	7
9	16	7
10	16	7
11	16	7
12	16	7
13	16	8
14	16	8
15	16	8
16	16	8
17	16	8
18	16	8
19	16	8
20	16	8
21	16	8
22	16	8
23	16	8
24	17	8
25	17	8
26	17	8
27	17	8
28	17	8
29	17	8
30	17	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	43	57
6	43	57
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	38	62
30	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	47
3	47
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	48
17	48
18	49
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	50
25	50
26	50
27	49
28	49
29	48
30	48

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	94	6

	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	16	7
9	16	7
10	16	7
11	16	7
12	16	7
13	16	8
14	16	8
15	16	8
16	16	8
17	16	8
18	16	8
19	16	8
20	16	8
21	16	8
22	16	8
23	16	8
24	17	8
25	17	8
26	17	8
27	17	8
28	17	8
29	17	8
30	17	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	43	57
6	43	57
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	38	62
30	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	47
3	47
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	48
17	48
18	49
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	50
25	50
26	50
27	49
28	49
29	48
30	48

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	94	6