Motril weather in April

In April, Motril sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 32 mm of rain across 6.2 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 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% 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 Motril's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Motril's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 32 mm; 6.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 6:46 AM – 7:42 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 6th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.29 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

Air quality: Good; PM10 27.9 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 17°C by the end.

A typical April day in Motril reaches about 16°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	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Motril 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	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 10°	52	8.3	9.8	4.0
Feb	13° / 10°	47	7.4	10.6	4.1
Mar	15° / 11°	46	7.1	11.7	5.0
Apr	16° / 13°	32	6.2	12.9	5.8
May	19° / 16°	20	4.5	13.9	7.3
Jun	23° / 19°	8	1.5	14.5	8.9
Jul	26° / 22°	1	0.3	14.3	9.3
Aug	26° / 22°	3	0.6	13.4	9.0
Sep	23° / 20°	15	2.7	12.2	8.5
Oct	20° / 17°	41	5.7	11	7.1
Nov	16° / 13°	61	7.5	10	5.5
Dec	14° / 11°	64	8.1	9.5	4.4

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%.

	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 (%)	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	71	71	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	71	71	72	72	72
Cloudier (%)	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	29	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	28	28	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Motril gets around 32 mm of rain over 6.2 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 21% and peaks near 21% 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 (%)	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

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	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	94	93	92	92	91	90	89	88	87	85
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	15

	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	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	94	6
22	93	7
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	91	9
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	85	15

Wind in April

Winds average 15 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
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	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	13	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 7:08 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 7:29 PM to 7:55 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)	7:08	7:07	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	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:28
Sunset (PM)	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	7:08	7:29
2	12.4	7:07	7:30
3	12.4	7:05	7:31
4	12.5	7:04	7:32
5	12.5	7:02	7:33
6	12.5	7:01	7:34
7	12.6	6:59	7:35
8	12.6	6:58	7:35
9	12.7	6:56	7:36
10	12.7	6:55	7:37
11	12.7	6:53	7:38
12	12.8	6:52	7:39
13	12.8	6:50	7:40
14	12.9	6:49	7:41
15	12.9	6:48	7:42
16	12.9	6:46	7:42
17	13.0	6:45	7:43
18	13.0	6:43	7:44
19	13.1	6:42	7:45
20	13.1	6:41	7:46
21	13.1	6:39	7:47
22	13.2	6:38	7:48
23	13.2	6:37	7:49
24	13.2	6:35	7:50
25	13.3	6:34	7:50
26	13.3	6:33	7:51
27	13.3	6:32	7:52
28	13.4	6:30	7:53
29	13.4	6:29	7:54
30	13.5	6:28	7:55

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.42 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 6.29 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)	5.8	5.8	5.9	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	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7
Level	Bright	Bright	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	6.0	Bright
6	6.0	Intense
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.1	Intense
10	6.1	Intense
11	6.2	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.2	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.4	Intense
19	6.4	Intense
20	6.4	Intense
21	6.5	Intense
22	6.5	Intense
23	6.5	Intense
24	6.5	Intense
25	6.5	Intense
26	6.6	Intense
27	6.6	Intense
28	6.6	Intense
29	6.7	Intense
30	6.7	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Motril?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.9

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Motril for sightseeing.

What to pack for Motril in April

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

In April, Motril sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

Sea temperature near Motril 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 17 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 16 to Oct 13 — about 3.9 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	22	24	22	20	17	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	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	22	Refreshing
Aug	24	Refreshing
Sep	22	Refreshing
Oct	20	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Motril 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 Motril peaks around July 16 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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	8	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very 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	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Motril?

Motril sits at 36.8°N, 3.5°W, 34 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Almuñécar, 16 km away.

Topography around Motril

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Motril has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 505 m around an average of 108 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,870 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,448 m.

The land around Motril is covered by trees (38%), artificial surfaces (26%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, water (37%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and water (34%), grassland (25%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

505 m

trees 38%

16 km

1,870 m

water 37%

80 km

3,448 m

water 34%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

April weather nearby: Almuñécar 16 km · Nerja 32 km · Torrox 39 km · Zubia 41 km · Adra 44 km · Armilla 45 km · Las Gabias 45 km · Granada 49 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 Motril (36.7507°, -3.5179°, elevation 34 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	12
2	16	12
3	16	12
4	16	12
5	16	12
6	16	12
7	16	12
8	16	12
9	16	12
10	16	13
11	16	13
12	16	13
13	16	13
14	16	13
15	16	13
16	16	13
17	16	13
18	16	13
19	16	13
20	16	13
21	16	13
22	17	13
23	17	13
24	17	13
25	17	14
26	17	14
27	17	14
28	17	14
29	17	14
30	17	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28

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

	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	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	94	6
22	93	7
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	91	9
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	85	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28

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

	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	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	94	6
22	93	7
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	91	9
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	85	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28

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

	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	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	94	6
22	93	7
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	91	9
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	85	15