Collado-Villalba weather in April

In April, Collado-Villalba sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 75 mm of precipitation across 12.3 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 Collado-Villalba's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Collado-Villalba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 75 mm; 12.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 6:44 AM – 7:49 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 10th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Collado-Villalba is capital city of Collado Villalba municipality, Madrid, Spain.

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 10.6 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 13°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical April day in Collado-Villalba reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 21°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6

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

How April really feels in Collado-Villalba

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.

Collado-Villalba weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / 0°	59	9.6	4.9	9.4	0.9
Feb	9° / 1°	49	8.6	4.3	10.4	1.7
Mar	12° / 3°	62	10.1	2.8	11.7	3.2
Apr	14° / 5°	75	12.3	1.9	13	4.0
May	19° / 8°	75	12	0.3	14.2	5.7
Jun	24° / 12°	38	7.6	0	14.9	7.4
Jul	29° / 15°	18	4.3	0	14.6	7.1
Aug	28° / 15°	21	5.2	0	13.6	7.1
Sep	23° / 12°	40	6.9	0	12.3	7.4
Oct	17° / 8°	80	10	0.2	10.9	5.3
Nov	11° / 3°	74	10.4	1.8	9.7	2.5
Dec	8° / 1°	63	9.1	2.8	9.1	1.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Collado-Villalba gets around 75 mm of rain and snow over 12.3 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 41% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring 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 (%)	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42
Snow chance (%)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	9
2	39	8
3	39	8
4	39	8
5	39	8
6	39	8
7	39	8
8	40	8
9	40	8
10	40	8
11	41	7
12	41	7
13	41	7
14	41	7
15	42	6
16	42	6
17	42	6
18	42	6
19	42	6
20	42	5
21	42	5
22	42	5
23	42	5
24	42	5
25	42	5
26	42	5
27	42	5
28	42	4
29	42	4
30	42	4

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 9 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	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	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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
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10	9	calm
11	9	calm
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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 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 7:09 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 7:33 PM to 8:03 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	12.7	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	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:09	7:07	7:05	7:04	7:02	7:00	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:54	6:52	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:42	6:41	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:23
Sunset (PM)	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	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	7:09	7:33
2	12.4	7:07	7:34
3	12.5	7:05	7:35
4	12.5	7:04	7:36
5	12.6	7:02	7:37
6	12.6	7:00	7:38
7	12.7	6:58	7:39
8	12.7	6:57	7:40
9	12.8	6:55	7:41
10	12.8	6:54	7:42
11	12.9	6:52	7:43
12	12.9	6:50	7:44
13	12.9	6:49	7:45
14	13.0	6:47	7:47
15	13.0	6:45	7:48
16	13.1	6:44	7:49
17	13.1	6:42	7:50
18	13.2	6:41	7:51
19	13.2	6:39	7:52
20	13.3	6:38	7:53
21	13.3	6:36	7:54
22	13.3	6:35	7:55
23	13.4	6:33	7:56
24	13.4	6:32	7:57
25	13.5	6:30	7:58
26	13.5	6:29	7:59
27	13.5	6:27	8:00
28	13.6	6:26	8:01
29	13.6	6:25	8:02
30	13.7	6:23	8:03

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.79 kWh/m² to a high of 7.66 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.62 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	5.3	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	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
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	Intense	Intense

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

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Collado-Villalba?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Collado-Villalba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Collado-Villalba in April

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

In April, Collado-Villalba sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

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UV index in Collado-Villalba 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 Collado-Villalba 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	6	7	7	9	10	9	7	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	6	High
Apr	7	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Collado-Villalba?

Collado-Villalba sits at 40.6°N, 4.0°W, 884 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Galapagar, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Collado-Villalba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Collado-Villalba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 222 m around an average of 908 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,601 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,012 m.

The land around Collado-Villalba is covered by trees (36%), grassland (31%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and grassland (37%), cropland (32%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

222 m

trees 36%

16 km

1,601 m

trees 50%

80 km

2,012 m

grassland 37%

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

April weather nearby: Galapagar 6.0 km · Torrelodones 9.0 km · El Escorial 12 km · San Lorenzo de El Escorial 13 km · Villanueva del Pardillo 16 km · Las Rozas de Madrid 19 km · Colmenar Viejo 20 km · Villanueva de la Cañada 21 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
English: Moderate; EF EPI 540
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 Collado-Villalba (40.6351°, -4.0049°, elevation 884 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	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	14	4
9	14	4
10	14	4
11	14	4
12	14	4
13	14	4
14	14	4
15	14	4
16	14	5
17	14	5
18	14	5
19	15	5
20	15	5
21	15	5
22	15	5
23	15	5
24	15	5
25	15	5
26	15	6
27	15	6
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	16	6

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	9
2	39	8
3	39	8
4	39	8
5	39	8
6	39	8
7	39	8
8	40	8
9	40	8
10	40	8
11	41	7
12	41	7
13	41	7
14	41	7
15	42	6
16	42	6
17	42	6
18	42	6
19	42	6
20	42	5
21	42	5
22	42	5
23	42	5
24	42	5
25	42	5
26	42	5
27	42	5
28	42	4
29	42	4
30	42	4

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	9
2	39	8
3	39	8
4	39	8
5	39	8
6	39	8
7	39	8
8	40	8
9	40	8
10	40	8
11	41	7
12	41	7
13	41	7
14	41	7
15	42	6
16	42	6
17	42	6
18	42	6
19	42	6
20	42	5
21	42	5
22	42	5
23	42	5
24	42	5
25	42	5
26	42	5
27	42	5
28	42	4
29	42	4
30	42	4

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	9
2	39	8
3	39	8
4	39	8
5	39	8
6	39	8
7	39	8
8	40	8
9	40	8
10	40	8
11	41	7
12	41	7
13	41	7
14	41	7
15	42	6
16	42	6
17	42	6
18	42	6
19	42	6
20	42	5
21	42	5
22	42	5
23	42	5
24	42	5
25	42	5
26	42	5
27	42	5
28	42	4
29	42	4
30	42	4

	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