Santarém weather in April

In April, Santarém sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 58 mm of rain across 8.5 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% 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 Santarém's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santarém's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 58 mm; 8.5 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 6:04 AM – 7:06 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 8th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.6; out of 10

Santarém is city seat of Santarém municipality.

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 20°C through the month.

A typical April day in Santarém reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 26°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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Santarém 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	14° / 7°	68	8.9	9.6	4.3
Feb	15° / 7°	51	6.9	10.5	5.1
Mar	18° / 9°	59	8.1	11.7	6.3
Apr	20° / 10°	58	8.5	13	6.6
May	23° / 13°	52	7.4	14.1	7.4
Jun	27° / 15°	12	2.7	14.7	8.1
Jul	29° / 17°	4	1	14.5	7.3
Aug	30° / 17°	7	1.6	13.5	6.9
Sep	27° / 16°	33	4.5	12.3	7.6
Oct	22° / 13°	79	9.2	11	6.9
Nov	17° / 10°	80	9.2	9.8	5.7
Dec	15° / 8°	77	8.8	9.3	4.5

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

	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 (%)	52	52	52	53	54	54	55	55	56	55	56	55	55	54	54	53	53	53	52	52	52	51	51	51	52	53	53	54	54	54
Cloudier (%)	48	48	48	47	46	46	45	45	44	45	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	49	48	47	47	46	46	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	56	44
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Santarém gets around 58 mm of rain over 8.5 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 29% 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 (%)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26

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

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 92% 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 (%)	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	91	91	91	90	90	89	88	88	87	87	86
Comfortable (%)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	14

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	86	14

Wind in April

Winds average 13 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
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4	13	light breeze
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27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	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 6:28 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 7:20 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	12.6	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	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:17	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:04	6:03	6:01	6:00	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:44
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	7:19	7:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:28	6:51
2	12.4	6:26	6:52
3	12.5	6:25	6:53
4	12.5	6:23	6:54
5	12.6	6:21	6:55
6	12.6	6:20	6:56
7	12.6	6:18	6:57
8	12.7	6:17	6:58
9	12.7	6:15	6:59
10	12.8	6:13	7:00
11	12.8	6:12	7:01
12	12.9	6:10	7:02
13	12.9	6:09	7:03
14	12.9	6:07	7:04
15	13.0	6:06	7:05
16	13.0	6:04	7:06
17	13.1	6:03	7:07
18	13.1	6:01	7:08
19	13.2	6:00	7:09
20	13.2	5:58	7:10
21	13.2	5:57	7:11
22	13.3	5:55	7:12
23	13.3	5:54	7:13
24	13.4	5:53	7:14
25	13.4	5:51	7:15
26	13.4	5:50	7:16
27	13.5	5:48	7:17
28	13.5	5:47	7:18
29	13.5	5:46	7:19
30	13.6	5:44	7:20

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.57 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.59 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)	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1
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	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	6.0	Bright
28	6.0	Intense
29	6.0	Intense
30	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Santarém?

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

6.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

3.4

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Santarém for sightseeing.

What to pack for Santarém in April

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

In April, Santarém sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Santarém in April

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 58 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 14°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	14	14	15	16	18	18	19	19	18	17	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Cool
May	16	Cool
Jun	18	Cool
Jul	18	Cool
Aug	19	Cool
Sep	19	Cool
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	15	Cool

UV index in Santarém 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 Santarém peaks around July 15 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	9	6	5	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Santarém?

Santarém sits at 39.2°N, 8.7°W, 130 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Azambuja, 24 km away.

Topography around Santarém

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santarém has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m around an average of 33 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 674 m.

The land around Santarém is covered by grassland (29%), cropland (25%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (42%), cropland (28%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (37%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

115 m

grassland 29%

16 km

167 m

grassland 42%

80 km

674 m

grassland 37%

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

April weather nearby: Azambuja 24 km · Monsanto 25 km · Torres Novas 30 km · Entroncamento 32 km · Vila Franca de Xira 41 km · Caldas da Rainha 43 km · Alcobaça 43 km · Tomar 47 km

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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Santarém (39.2338°, -8.6862°, elevation 130 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	19	10
2	19	10
3	19	10
4	19	10
5	19	10
6	19	10
7	19	10
8	20	10
9	20	10
10	20	10
11	20	10
12	20	10
13	20	10
14	20	10
15	20	10
16	20	10
17	20	10
18	20	10
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	11
22	20	11
23	20	11
24	20	11
25	20	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	56	44
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	86	14

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	56	44
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	86	14

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	56	44
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	86	14