El Ejido weather in April

In April, El Ejido sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 22 mm of rain across 5.1 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% 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 El Ejido's 6th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Ejido's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 22 mm; 5.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 6:43 AM – 7:40 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 6th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 6.39 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

El Ejido is innhabited place in El Ejido, Spain.

Air quality: Good; PM10 27.6 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 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical April day in El Ejido reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 19°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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15

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

El Ejido 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 10°	29	5.5	0.7	9.8	4.5
Feb	14° / 11°	27	5.1	0.7	10.6	4.7
Mar	15° / 12°	30	5.3	0.2	11.7	5.4
Apr	17° / 13°	22	5.1	0	12.9	6.2
May	19° / 16°	18	4	0	13.9	7.5
Jun	23° / 19°	8	1.9	0	14.5	8.9
Jul	26° / 22°	2	0.4	0	14.3	9.3
Aug	26° / 23°	6	1.5	0	13.4	8.8
Sep	24° / 20°	17	3.4	0	12.2	8.4
Oct	20° / 17°	26	4.7	0	11	7.4
Nov	17° / 14°	34	5.5	0.1	10	6.2
Dec	15° / 12°	34	4.9	0.2	9.5	5.1

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%.

	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 (%)	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74
Cloudier (%)	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	74	26

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

El Ejido gets around 22 mm of rain over 5.1 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 17% and peaks near 19% 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 (%)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19

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

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 95% 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	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	96	96	95	94	93	92	92	91	90	89	87	86	85	84	83
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	8	9	10	11	13	14	15	16	17

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	95	5
19	94	6
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	87	13
27	86	14
28	85	15
29	84	16
30	83	17

Wind in April

Winds average 16 km/h in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 15 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	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
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	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	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 7:05 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 7:26 PM to 7:52 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	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:05	7:04	7:02	7:01	6:59	6:58	6:56	6:55	6:53	6:52	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:46	6:45	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:25
Sunset (PM)	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	7:05	7:26
2	12.4	7:04	7:27
3	12.4	7:02	7:28
4	12.5	7:01	7:29
5	12.5	6:59	7:30
6	12.5	6:58	7:31
7	12.6	6:56	7:32
8	12.6	6:55	7:33
9	12.7	6:53	7:33
10	12.7	6:52	7:34
11	12.7	6:50	7:35
12	12.8	6:49	7:36
13	12.8	6:48	7:37
14	12.9	6:46	7:38
15	12.9	6:45	7:39
16	12.9	6:43	7:40
17	13.0	6:42	7:41
18	13.0	6:41	7:41
19	13.1	6:39	7:42
20	13.1	6:38	7:43
21	13.1	6:36	7:44
22	13.2	6:35	7:45
23	13.2	6:34	7:46
24	13.2	6:32	7:47
25	13.3	6:31	7:48
26	13.3	6:30	7:49
27	13.3	6:29	7:49
28	13.4	6:27	7:50
29	13.4	6:26	7:51
30	13.5	6:25	7:52

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.49 kWh/m² to a high of 7.85 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.39 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)	5.9	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	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Bright
4	6.0	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.2	Intense
9	6.2	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.4	Intense
15	6.4	Intense
16	6.4	Intense
17	6.4	Intense
18	6.5	Intense
19	6.5	Intense
20	6.5	Intense
21	6.5	Intense
22	6.6	Intense
23	6.6	Intense
24	6.6	Intense
25	6.6	Intense
26	6.7	Intense
27	6.7	Intense
28	6.7	Intense
29	6.7	Intense
30	6.8	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit El Ejido?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.3

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit El Ejido for sightseeing.

What to pack for El Ejido in April

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

In April, El Ejido sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

Sea temperature near El Ejido 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 18 km away) is warmest in August at about 24°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 14 to Oct 18 — about 4.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	15	15	16	18	20	23	24	23	20	18	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Cool
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	15	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	20	Refreshing
Jul	23	Refreshing
Aug	24	Warm
Sep	23	Refreshing
Oct	20	Refreshing
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in El Ejido in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in El Ejido peaks around July 17 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 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	3	7	9	8	9	11	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	9	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is El Ejido?

El Ejido sits at 36.8°N, 2.8°W, 84 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Berja, 14 km away.

Topography around El Ejido

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Ejido has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 260 m around an average of 102 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,244 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,449 m.

The land around El Ejido is covered by artificial surfaces (75%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (32%), grassland (26%) and water (23%) within 16 km, and water (37%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

260 m

artificial surfaces 75%

16 km

2,244 m

artificial surfaces 32%

80 km

3,449 m

water 37%

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

April weather nearby: Berja 14 km · Vícar 16 km · Roquetas de Mar 18 km · Adra 19 km · Almería 32 km · Níjar 58 km · Motril 63 km · Guadix 65 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 El Ejido (36.7763°, -2.8146°, elevation 84 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	16	13
2	16	13
3	16	13
4	16	13
5	16	13
6	16	13
7	16	13
8	16	13
9	16	13
10	16	13
11	16	13
12	16	13
13	16	13
14	17	13
15	17	13
16	17	13
17	17	13
18	17	14
19	17	14
20	17	14
21	17	14
22	17	14
23	17	14
24	17	14
25	17	14
26	17	14
27	17	14
28	18	14
29	18	14
30	18	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	74	26

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	95	5
19	94	6
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	87	13
27	86	14
28	85	15
29	84	16
30	83	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	74	26

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	95	5
19	94	6
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	87	13
27	86	14
28	85	15
29	84	16
30	83	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	74	26

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	95	5
19	94	6
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	89	11
26	87	13
27	86	14
28	85	15
29	84	16
30	83	17