Palmela weather in April

In April, Palmela sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 45 mm of rain across 7.4 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Palmela's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Palmela's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 45 mm; 7.4 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 6:06 AM – 7:06 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 6th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.91 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.3; out of 10

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 6.8 µg/m³ · 2010

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

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month.

A typical April day in Palmela reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C warmer than March and about 2°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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Palmela 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	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 10°	63	8.4	9.6	4.6
Feb	15° / 10°	48	6.6	10.5	4.9
Mar	17° / 12°	48	7	11.7	5.9
Apr	18° / 13°	45	7.4	13	6.3
May	20° / 15°	35	5.1	14.1	7.3
Jun	23° / 17°	8	1.5	14.6	8.7
Jul	25° / 18°	1	0.4	14.4	9.4
Aug	25° / 18°	3	0.6	13.5	9.2
Sep	23° / 18°	25	3.6	12.3	8.5
Oct	21° / 16°	70	8.1	11	6.9
Nov	17° / 13°	74	8.8	9.9	5.9
Dec	15° / 11°	77	9.1	9.4	4.8

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%.

	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 (%)	59	59	59	59	61	61	62	62	63	63	63	64	63	63	64	63	63	63	63	62	62	62	61	61	62	61	62	62	63	63
Cloudier (%)	41	41	41	41	39	39	38	38	37	37	37	36	37	37	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	39	39	38	39	38	38	37	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	62	38
26	61	39
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	63	37
30	63	37

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Palmela gets around 45 mm of rain over 7.4 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 24% and peaks near 25% 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 (%)	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	22

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

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 85% 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 (%)	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	86	86	85	85	84	84	83	83	82	82	81	81	80	80	79	79
Comfortable (%)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	79	21
30	79	21

Wind in April

Winds average 17 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:29 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 7:19 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	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:04	6:03	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:57	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:46
Sunset (PM)	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:29	6:51
2	12.4	6:27	6:52
3	12.5	6:26	6:53
4	12.5	6:24	6:54
5	12.5	6:23	6:55
6	12.6	6:21	6:56
7	12.6	6:20	6:57
8	12.7	6:18	6:58
9	12.7	6:16	6:59
10	12.8	6:15	7:00
11	12.8	6:13	7:01
12	12.8	6:12	7:02
13	12.9	6:10	7:03
14	12.9	6:09	7:04
15	13.0	6:07	7:05
16	13.0	6:06	7:06
17	13.0	6:04	7:07
18	13.1	6:03	7:08
19	13.1	6:01	7:09
20	13.2	6:00	7:10
21	13.2	5:59	7:11
22	13.2	5:57	7:12
23	13.3	5:56	7:13
24	13.3	5:54	7:14
25	13.4	5:53	7:15
26	13.4	5:52	7:16
27	13.4	5:50	7:17
28	13.5	5:49	7:18
29	13.5	5:48	7:18
30	13.6	5:46	7:19

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.08 kWh/m² to a high of 7.69 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.91 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)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	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
Level	Bright	Bright	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

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

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Palmela?

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

6.3

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Palmela for sightseeing.

What to pack for Palmela in April

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

In April, Palmela sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Palmela 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 22 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 15°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)	15	15	15	16	17	18	19	19	19	18	17	16
Comfort	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Cool
Feb	15	Bracing
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	17	Cool
Jun	18	Cool
Jul	19	Cool
Aug	19	Cool
Sep	19	Cool
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Palmela 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 Palmela peaks around July 16 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	6	8	7	9	9	8	6	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Palmela?

Palmela sits at 38.6°N, 8.9°W, 190 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Setúbal, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Palmela

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Palmela has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m around an average of 86 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 495 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 656 m.

The land around Palmela is covered by grassland (47%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, grassland (39%) and water (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

230 m

grassland 47%

16 km

495 m

grassland 39%

80 km

656 m

grassland 38%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

April weather nearby: Setúbal 5.0 km · Pinhal Novo 7.0 km · Azeitão 11 km · Moita 12 km · Quinta Do Conde 12 km · Montijo 17 km · Lavradio 17 km · Barreiro 18 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 Palmela (38.569°, -8.9013°, elevation 190 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	17	12
2	17	12
3	17	12
4	17	12
5	17	12
6	17	12
7	17	12
8	18	12
9	18	12
10	18	12
11	18	13
12	18	13
13	18	13
14	18	13
15	18	13
16	18	13
17	18	13
18	18	13
19	18	13
20	18	13
21	18	13
22	18	13
23	18	13
24	18	13
25	18	13
26	18	13
27	18	13
28	18	13
29	19	13
30	19	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	62	38
26	61	39
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	63	37
30	63	37

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	79	21
30	79	21

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	62	38
26	61	39
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	63	37
30	63	37

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	79	21
30	79	21

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	62	38
26	61	39
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	63	37
30	63	37

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	79	21
30	79	21