Plasencia weather in April

In April, Plasencia sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 68 mm of rain across 8.8 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% 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 Plasencia's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Plasencia's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
7th warmest
Overnight low
6th coldest
Rainfall
68 mm
8.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
6:53 AM – 7:56 PM
Cloud cover
53%
9th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Plasencia is innhabited place in Plasencia, 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 18°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical April day in Plasencia reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 25°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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How April really feels in Plasencia

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.

Plasencia 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 969.39.53.1
Feb14° / 697.110.44.2
Mar17° / 757.911.75.8
Apr19° / 688.8136.4
May23° / 12°517.114.27.4
Jun29° / 16°132.414.86.9
Jul33° / 19°40.914.64.7
Aug32° / 19°81.513.64.9
Sep28° / 16°444.412.37.2
Oct21° / 12°1229.110.96.8
Nov15° / 1059.69.84.7
Dec12° / 1159.49.23.3

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
25050
35050
45149
55248
65347
75446
85545
95545
105545
115644
125644
135545
145545
155545
165446
175446
185347
195347
205248
215149
225050
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255050
265050
275149
285149
295149
305149

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Plasencia gets around 68 mm of rain over 8.8 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 31% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
131
231
330
430
530
630
730
830
929
1029
1129
1229
1329
1429
1529
1630
1730
1830
1929
2029
2129
2229
2329
2429
2528
2628
2728
2827
2927
3027

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
91000
101000
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30982

Wind in April

Winds average 9 km/h in April.

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
208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm

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 7:17 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 7:41 PM to 8:11 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.47:177:41
212.47:167:42
312.57:147:43
412.57:127:44
512.67:117:45
612.67:097:46
712.77:077:47
812.77:067:48
912.87:047:49
1012.87:027:50
1112.87:017:51
1212.96:597:52
1312.96:587:53
1413.06:567:54
1513.06:547:55
1613.16:537:56
1713.16:517:57
1813.16:507:58
1913.26:487:59
2013.26:478:00
2113.36:458:01
2213.36:448:02
2313.46:428:03
2413.46:418:05
2513.46:408:06
2613.56:388:07
2713.56:378:08
2813.66:358:09
2913.66:348:10
3013.66:338:11

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.86 kWh/m² to a high of 7.82 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.55 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
25.1Bright
35.1Bright
45.2Bright
55.2Bright
65.2Bright
75.3Bright
85.3Bright
95.4Bright
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265.9Bright
275.9Bright
286.0Bright
296.0Intense
306.0Intense
Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Plasencia

In seasonPeak

In April, Plasencia sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Plasencia's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is April a good time to visit Plasencia?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.7
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Plasencia for sightseeing.

What to pack for Plasencia in April

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

In April, Plasencia sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Plasencia in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Plasencia peaks around July 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 17UV 9Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Plasencia?

Plasencia sits at 40.0°N, 6.1°W, 368 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Béjar, 48 km away.

Talavera de la ReinaSequeiraGuarda

Topography around Plasencia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Plasencia has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m around an average of 398 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,112 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,402 m.

The land around Plasencia is covered by grassland (45%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (59%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
364 m
16 km
1,112 m
80 km
2,402 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
April weather nearby: Béjar 48 km · Navalmoral de la Mata 49 km · Cáceres 66 km · Arenas de San Pedro 87 km · Talavera de la Reina 107 km · Salamanca 110 km · Sequeira 113 km · Guarda 115 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 Plasencia (40.0312°, -6.0884°, elevation 368 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).