Gijón weather in April

In April, Gijón sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 119 mm of rain across 15.5 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Gijón's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gijón's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 119 mm; 15.5 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 6:47 AM – 7:59 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 7th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Gijón is city in Asturias, Spain.

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 11 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical April day in Gijón reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C warmer than March and about 2°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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10

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

Gijón 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 6°	120	14.6	0.5	9.1	2.8
Feb	12° / 6°	101	12.9	0.7	10.2	3.0
Mar	14° / 8°	107	14.3	0.3	11.6	3.7
Apr	15° / 9°	119	15.5	0	13.2	3.8
May	17° / 11°	109	15.3	0	14.5	4.7
Jun	19° / 14°	78	12	0	15.2	5.7
Jul	21° / 16°	64	11.4	0	14.9	6.2
Aug	22° / 16°	72	12.1	0	13.8	6.3
Sep	20° / 14°	81	12.2	0	12.3	6.0
Oct	18° / 12°	123	14.3	0	10.8	5.2
Nov	15° / 9°	151	16.1	0	9.5	3.7
Dec	13° / 7°	121	13.8	0.2	8.8	3.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 68%.

	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 (%)	35	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	31	31	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27
Cloudier (%)	65	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	68	69	69	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	73

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	27	73

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Gijón gets around 119 mm of rain over 15.5 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 51% and peaks near 54% 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 (%)	51	51	51	50	50	50	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	52	52	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	54	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	51
2	51
3	51
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	50
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	50
15	51
16	51
17	51
18	51
19	52
20	52
21	53
22	53
23	53
24	53
25	54
26	54
27	54
28	54
29	54
30	54

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 98% 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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	97	96	96	95	94	94	93
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	5	6	6	7

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

Wind in April

Winds average 11 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	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 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 7:14 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 7:41 PM to 8:16 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	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:14	7:12	7:10	7:08	7:07	7:05	7:03	7:01	6:59	6:58	6:56	6:54	6:52	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:31	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:24
Sunset (PM)	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:04	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	7:14	7:41
2	12.5	7:12	7:42
3	12.5	7:10	7:43
4	12.6	7:08	7:44
5	12.6	7:07	7:46
6	12.7	7:05	7:47
7	12.7	7:03	7:48
8	12.8	7:01	7:49
9	12.8	6:59	7:50
10	12.9	6:58	7:52
11	12.9	6:56	7:53
12	13.0	6:54	7:54
13	13.0	6:52	7:55
14	13.1	6:50	7:56
15	13.1	6:49	7:58
16	13.2	6:47	7:59
17	13.2	6:45	8:00
18	13.3	6:44	8:01
19	13.3	6:42	8:02
20	13.4	6:40	8:04
21	13.4	6:39	8:05
22	13.5	6:37	8:06
23	13.5	6:35	8:07
24	13.6	6:34	8:08
25	13.6	6:32	8:10
26	13.7	6:31	8:11
27	13.7	6:29	8:12
28	13.8	6:27	8:13
29	13.8	6:26	8:14
30	13.9	6:24	8:16

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.43 kWh/m² to a high of 6.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 5.07 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)	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4
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	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Gijón?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gijón.

What to pack for Gijón in April

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

In April, Gijón sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

rain geara warm layersun protection

Sea temperature near Gijón in April

The nearest coast averages about 13°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 21°C and coldest in March near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jul 29 to Sep 6 — about 1.3 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	13	13	13	13	15	17	20	21	20	18	16	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	13	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	13	Bracing
May	15	Bracing
Jun	17	Cool
Jul	20	Cool
Aug	21	Refreshing
Sep	20	Cool
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Gijón 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 Gijón peaks around June 23 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (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)	1	2	5	6	6	8	8	8	5	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	6	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Gijón in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Gijón is worst in October — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (July, 8 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Gijón's WHO annual average of 11 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	10	13	16	14	9	9	8	9	9	19	8	10
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	9	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	8	Good
Aug	9	Good
Sep	9	Good
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	8	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Gijón?

Gijón sits at 43.5°N, 5.7°W, 22 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Natahoyo, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Gijón

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gijón has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 766 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,590 m.

The land around Gijón is covered by artificial surfaces (38%), water (27%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, water (36%), grassland (31%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and water (36%), trees (35%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

92 m

artificial surfaces 38%

16 km

766 m

water 36%

80 km

2,590 m

water 36%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

April weather nearby: Natahoyo 2.0 km · Corvera de Asturias 18 km · Avilés 21 km · Oviedo 24 km · La Felguera 25 km · Sama 27 km · Mieres 33 km · Villaquilambre 99 km

Spain travel facts

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Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
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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 Gijón (43.5357°, -5.6615°, elevation 22 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	14	8
2	14	8
3	14	8
4	14	8
5	14	8
6	14	8
7	14	8
8	14	8
9	14	8
10	14	8
11	14	8
12	15	8
13	15	9
14	15	9
15	15	9
16	15	9
17	15	9
18	15	9
19	15	9
20	15	9
21	15	9
22	15	9
23	15	9
24	15	9
25	15	9
26	15	9
27	15	10
28	16	10
29	16	10
30	16	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	51
2	51
3	51
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	50
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	50
15	51
16	51
17	51
18	51
19	52
20	52
21	53
22	53
23	53
24	53
25	54
26	54
27	54
28	54
29	54
30	54

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	51
2	51
3	51
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	50
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	50
15	51
16	51
17	51
18	51
19	52
20	52
21	53
22	53
23	53
24	53
25	54
26	54
27	54
28	54
29	54
30	54

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	51
2	51
3	51
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	50
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	50
15	51
16	51
17	51
18	51
19	52
20	52
21	53
22	53
23	53
24	53
25	54
26	54
27	54
28	54
29	54
30	54

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