Tavira weather in April

In April, Tavira sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 50 mm of rain across 7.3 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 Tavira's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tavira's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 50 mm; 7.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 6:02 AM – 6:59 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 11th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 6.06 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

Tavira is city seat of Tavira 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

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical April day in Tavira reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C warmer than March and about 4°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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12

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

How April really feels in Tavira

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Tavira weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 7°	43	6.5	9.7	4.9
Feb	16° / 7°	42	5.3	10.6	5.6
Mar	19° / 9°	52	6.9	11.7	6.6
Apr	21° / 11°	50	7.3	12.9	6.9
May	24° / 13°	35	5.9	14	7.8
Jun	29° / 17°	9	1.6	14.5	7.3
Jul	32° / 19°	1	0.2	14.3	5.4
Aug	32° / 19°	3	0.5	13.4	5.4
Sep	28° / 17°	24	3.4	12.3	7.2
Oct	23° / 14°	64	6.9	11	7.4
Nov	18° / 10°	61	6.8	10	6.5
Dec	15° / 8°	70	7.3	9.5	5.1

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 42%.

	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 (%)	58	58	58	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	57	57	57	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	56	56	57	57	58
Cloudier (%)	42	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	44	44	43	43	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	58	42

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Tavira gets around 50 mm of rain over 7.3 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 25% and peaks near 26% 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 (%)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	23

	Rain chance (%)
1	24
2	24
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	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	25
24	25
25	25
26	25
27	24
28	24
29	24
30	23

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 93% 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 (%)	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	92	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	88
Comfortable (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	88	12

Wind in April

Winds average 13 km/h in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 12 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	12	12	12	12
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	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze

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 6:25 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	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	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:17	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:44
Sunset (PM)	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:25	6:46
2	12.4	6:23	6:47
3	12.4	6:22	6:48
4	12.5	6:20	6:49
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	6:10	6:55
12	12.8	6:08	6:56
13	12.8	6:07	6:57
14	12.9	6:05	6:58
15	12.9	6:04	6:58
16	13.0	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	5:57	7:03
21	13.1	5:55	7:04
22	13.2	5:54	7:05
23	13.2	5:53	7:06
24	13.3	5:51	7:07
25	13.3	5:50	7:08
26	13.3	5:49	7:08
27	13.4	5:48	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 6.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.27 kWh/m² to a high of 7.94 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 6.06 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	5.6	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	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5
Level	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	Intense	Intense	Intense

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

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Tavira?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Tavira for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tavira in April

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

In April, Tavira sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Pack sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Tavira 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 22°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 20 to Oct 19 — about 4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	15	16	17	18	20	21	22	21	20	19	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	20	Cool
Jul	21	Refreshing
Aug	22	Refreshing
Sep	21	Refreshing
Oct	20	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Tavira in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tavira peaks around July 14 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Tavira?

Tavira sits at 37.1°N, 7.6°W, 9 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Laranjeiro, 16 km away.

Topography around Tavira

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tavira has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 21 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 518 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 726 m.

The land around Tavira is covered by grassland (39%) within 3 km, water (40%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and water (36%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

97 m

grassland 39%

16 km

518 m

water 40%

80 km

726 m

water 36%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

April weather nearby: Laranjeiro 16 km · Quelfes 17 km · Olhão 20 km · Ayamonte 23 km · Faro 28 km · Isla Cristina 31 km · Loulé 33 km · Quarteira 41 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 Tavira (37.1273°, -7.6486°, elevation 9 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	20	10
2	20	10
3	20	10
4	20	10
5	20	10
6	20	10
7	20	10
8	20	10
9	20	10
10	20	11
11	20	11
12	20	11
13	20	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	21	11
17	21	11
18	21	11
19	21	11
20	21	11
21	21	11
22	21	11
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	22	11
27	22	11
28	22	12
29	22	12
30	22	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	58	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	24
2	24
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	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	25
24	25
25	25
26	25
27	24
28	24
29	24
30	23

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	88	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	58	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	24
2	24
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	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	25
24	25
25	25
26	25
27	24
28	24
29	24
30	23

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	88	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	58	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	24
2	24
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	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	25
24	25
25	25
26	25
27	24
28	24
29	24
30	23

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	88	12