La Carolina weather in April

In April, La Carolina sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 53 mm of rain across 8.6 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% 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 La Carolina's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see La Carolina's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
7th warmest
Overnight low
6th coldest
Rainfall
53 mm
8.6 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:45 AM – 7:44 PM
Cloud cover
53%
11th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

La Carolina is municipal capital of La Carolina, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical April day in La Carolina reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°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 26°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C warmer than March and about 5°C cooler than May.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1198
2198
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4198
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9209
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How April really feels in La Carolina

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

La Carolina weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 538.20.59.63.6
Feb14° / 507.50.310.54.5
Mar18° / 528.70.211.76.1
Apr20° / 538.60136.6
May25° / 13°397.50147.3
Jun31° / 18°163.3014.65.8
Jul35° / 21°31.1014.43.4
Aug34° / 21°72.1013.53.6
Sep29° / 17°284.8012.36.4
Oct23° / 12°507.30117.3
Nov16° / 588.40.19.95.4
Dec13° / 658.10.19.43.9

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% 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 50%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24951
34951
45050
55050
65149
75248
85149
95248
105248
115248
125149
135149
145149
155149
164951
175050
184951
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254951
265149
275149
285248
295248
305248

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

La Carolina gets around 53 mm of rain over 8.6 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 29% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
129
229
329
429
529
629
729
829
929
1029
1129
1229
1329
1429
1529
1629
1729
1829
1929
2029
2129
2229
2329
2429
2529
2629
2729
2829
2929
3029

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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
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71000
81000
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Wind in April

Winds average 9 km/h in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
288calm
298calm
308calm

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 7:08 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 7:30 PM to 7:58 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.47:087:30
212.47:067:31
312.57:057:32
412.57:037:33
512.57:027:34
612.67:007:35
712.66:597:36
812.76:577:37
912.76:557:38
1012.76:547:39
1112.86:527:40
1212.86:517:41
1312.96:497:42
1412.96:487:43
1513.06:467:43
1613.06:457:44
1713.06:437:45
1813.16:427:46
1913.16:417:47
2013.26:397:48
2113.26:387:49
2213.26:367:50
2313.36:357:51
2413.36:347:52
2513.36:327:53
2613.46:317:54
2713.46:307:55
2813.56:287:56
2913.56:277:57
3013.56:267:58

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.11 kWh/m² to a high of 7.9 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.81 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
25.3Bright
35.4Bright
45.4Bright
55.5Bright
65.5Bright
75.6Bright
85.6Bright
95.6Bright
105.7Bright
115.7Bright
125.7Bright
135.8Bright
145.8Bright
155.8Bright
165.8Bright
175.8Bright
185.9Bright
195.9Bright
205.9Bright
215.9Bright
226.0Bright
236.0Bright
246.0Intense
256.0Intense
266.0Intense
276.1Intense
286.1Intense
296.1Intense
306.2Intense
Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit La Carolina?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit La Carolina for sightseeing.

What to pack for La Carolina in April

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

In April, La Carolina sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in La Carolina in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in La Carolina peaks around July 17 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 17UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar7High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is La Carolina?

La Carolina sits at 38.3°N, 3.6°W, 602 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Linares, 20 km away.

Topography around La Carolina

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around La Carolina has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 231 m around an average of 550 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,006 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,004 m.

The land around La Carolina is covered by grassland (54%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, trees (56%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
231 m
16 km
1,006 m
80 km
2,004 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
April weather nearby: Linares 20 km · Bailén 24 km · Baeza 34 km · Úbeda 36 km · Andújar 46 km · Villanueva del Arzobispo 54 km · Campiña 56 km · Valdepeñas 58 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
Roman Catholic 58%atheist 16%agnostic 11%non-believer 11%

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 La Carolina (38.2756°, -3.6153°, elevation 602 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).