Alcañiz weather in April

In April, Alcañiz sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 46 mm of precipitation across 7.7 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Alcañiz's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alcañiz's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 46 mm; 7.7 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 6:28 AM – 7:34 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 12th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.74 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.7; out of 10

Alcañiz is capital of Alcañiz Municipality, Spain.

Air quality: Good; PM10 23.6 µg/m³ · 2019

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 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical April day in Alcañiz reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 3°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)	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10

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

How April really feels in Alcañiz

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.

Alcañiz weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 3°	30	6	1	9.4	3.5
Feb	14° / 4°	24	4.7	0.7	10.4	4.5
Mar	17° / 6°	31	5.3	0.4	11.7	6.3
Apr	20° / 8°	46	7.7	0.2	13.1	6.7
May	24° / 12°	46	7.2	0	14.3	7.3
Jun	29° / 16°	33	5.7	0	14.9	6.5
Jul	32° / 18°	17	4.3	0	14.6	4.9
Aug	32° / 18°	21	5.5	0	13.6	5.0
Sep	27° / 15°	32	5.2	0	12.3	7.4
Oct	22° / 11°	35	5.2	0	10.9	7.5
Nov	16° / 7°	37	6	0.2	9.7	5.4
Dec	12° / 4°	25	5.2	0.5	9.1	3.7

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in April, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%.

	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	57	57	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	57	57	56	56	56	55	55	53	53	52	52	51
Cloudier (%)	43	43	43	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	47	47	48	48	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	51	49

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Alcañiz gets around 46 mm of rain and snow over 7.7 wet days in April, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 25% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25

	Rain chance (%)
1	24
2	24
3	24
4	24
5	24
6	24
7	24
8	25
9	25
10	25
11	25
12	25
13	25
14	25
15	25
16	25
17	25
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	26
26	25
27	25
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 12 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 11 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	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
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	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	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	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:53 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 7:17 PM to 7:49 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	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:53	6:51	6:49	6:48	6:46	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:34	6:33	6:31	6:29	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:07
Sunset (PM)	7:17	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:47	7:48	7:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:53	7:17
2	12.5	6:51	7:19
3	12.5	6:49	7:20
4	12.5	6:48	7:21
5	12.6	6:46	7:22
6	12.6	6:44	7:23
7	12.7	6:43	7:24
8	12.7	6:41	7:25
9	12.8	6:39	7:26
10	12.8	6:38	7:27
11	12.9	6:36	7:28
12	12.9	6:34	7:29
13	13.0	6:33	7:30
14	13.0	6:31	7:31
15	13.1	6:29	7:33
16	13.1	6:28	7:34
17	13.1	6:26	7:35
18	13.2	6:25	7:36
19	13.2	6:23	7:37
20	13.3	6:22	7:38
21	13.3	6:20	7:39
22	13.4	6:19	7:40
23	13.4	6:17	7:41
24	13.4	6:16	7:42
25	13.5	6:14	7:43
26	13.5	6:13	7:44
27	13.6	6:11	7:45
28	13.6	6:10	7:47
29	13.7	6:08	7:48
30	13.7	6:07	7:49

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.96 kWh/m² to a high of 7.34 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.74 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)	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

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

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Alcañiz?

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

6.7

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

3.2

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Alcañiz for sightseeing.

What to pack for Alcañiz in April

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

In April, Alcañiz sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Alcañiz in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alcañiz peaks around July 15 at about 10 (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	6	7	9	10	9	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Alcañiz?

Alcañiz sits at 41.0°N, 0.1°W, 346 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Tortosa, 61 km away.

Topography around Alcañiz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alcañiz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m around an average of 343 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 493 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,976 m.

The land around Alcañiz is covered by grassland (39%), trees (24%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), grassland (31%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and trees (34%), grassland (29%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

166 m

grassland 39%

16 km

493 m

cropland 39%

80 km

1,976 m

trees 34%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

April weather nearby: Tortosa 61 km · Amposta 71 km · Sant Carles de la Ràpita 78 km · Vinaròs 82 km · Benicarló 85 km · Lleida 89 km · Zaragoza 92 km · Delicias 93 km

Spain travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 65% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $38,627; 2025
Happiness: 6.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
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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 Alcañiz (41.05°, -0.1333°, elevation 346 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. 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	18	7
2	18	7
3	18	7
4	18	7
5	19	7
6	19	7
7	19	7
8	19	7
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	19	8
12	19	8
13	19	8
14	19	8
15	19	8
16	19	8
17	20	8
18	20	8
19	20	8
20	20	9
21	20	9
22	20	9
23	20	9
24	21	9
25	21	9
26	21	9
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	21	10
30	21	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	51	49

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	51	49

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	51	49

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