Montijo weather in April

In April, Montijo sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 43 mm of rain across 7.4 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 22°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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Montijo's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Montijo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
7th warmest
Overnight low
10°
6th coldest
Rainfall
43 mm
7.4 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:56 AM – 7:57 PM
Cloud cover
53%
10th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Montijo is capital town of the municipality of Montijo, 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 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical April day in Montijo reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C warmer than March and about 4°C cooler than May.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2209
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How April really feels in Montijo

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.

Montijo 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 488.29.63.9
Feb15° / 426.110.55.0
Mar19° / 436.911.76.5
Apr21° / 10°437.4136.9
May25° / 13°326.114.17.5
Jun30° / 17°112.314.76.1
Jul34° / 19°20.714.44.1
Aug34° / 19°51.113.54.3
Sep29° / 17°243.812.36.5
Oct23° / 13°647.5117.2
Nov17° / 607.79.95.8
Dec14° / 607.79.34.2

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 49%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25050
35149
45149
55347
65347
75446
85446
95545
105545
115545
125545
135446
145347
155347
165149
175149
185050
195050
204852
214753
224753
234753
244654
254753
264753
274753
284852
294951
304951

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Montijo gets around 43 mm of rain over 7.4 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 24% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
126
226
325
425
525
625
725
825
925
1025
1125
1225
1325
1425
1525
1624
1724
1824
1924
2024
2124
2224
2324
2423
2523
2623
2723
2822
2922
3022

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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2982
3982
4982
5982
6982
7982
8982
9982
10982
11982
12982
13982
14982
15982
16982
17982
18982
19982
20982
21982
22982
23973
24973
25973
26973
27973
28973
29973
30964

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
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1410calm
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 7:20 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 7:42 PM to 8:11 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.47:207:42
212.47:187:43
312.57:177:44
412.57:157:45
512.67:137:46
612.67:127:47
712.67:107:48
812.77:097:49
912.77:077:50
1012.87:057:51
1112.87:047:52
1212.87:027:53
1312.97:017:54
1412.96:597:55
1513.06:587:56
1613.06:567:57
1713.16:557:58
1813.16:537:59
1913.16:528:00
2013.26:508:01
2113.26:498:02
2213.36:488:03
2313.36:468:04
2413.36:458:05
2513.46:438:06
2613.46:428:07
2713.56:418:08
2813.56:398:09
2913.56:388:10
3013.66:378:11

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.95 kWh/m² to a high of 7.88 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.72 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
25.3Bright
35.3Bright
45.3Bright
55.4Bright
65.4Bright
75.4Bright
85.5Bright
95.5Bright
105.5Bright
115.6Bright
125.6Bright
135.6Bright
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215.9Bright
225.9Bright
235.9Bright
246.0Bright
256.0Intense
266.1Intense
276.1Intense
286.1Intense
296.2Intense
306.2Intense
Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Montijo?

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

6.9
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Montijo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Montijo in April

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

In April, Montijo sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Montijo 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 Montijo peaks around July 14 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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 highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 9Dec 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Montijo?

Montijo sits at 38.9°N, 6.6°W, 201 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Mérida, 24 km away.

Topography around Montijo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Montijo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 198 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 867 m.

The land around Montijo is covered by cropland (53%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
79 m
16 km
262 m
80 km
867 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
April weather nearby: Mérida 24 km · Badajoz 31 km · Almendralejo 31 km · Zafra 56 km · Don Benito 66 km · Cáceres 67 km · Villanueva de la Serena 71 km · Portalegre 82 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 Montijo (38.9084°, -6.6178°, elevation 201 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).