Salamanca weather in April

In April, Salamanca sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 51 mm of precipitation across 10.5 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Salamanca's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salamanca's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 51 mm; 10.5 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 6:50 AM – 7:56 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 9th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

Salamanca is Spanish city, capital of the homonymous municipality in Castilla y León, Spain.

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 15°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical April day in Salamanca reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C warmer than March and about 4°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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7

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

How April really feels in Salamanca

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Salamanca weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 1°	44	8.1	1	9.4	1.6
Feb	11° / 2°	35	7.1	1.2	10.4	2.6
Mar	14° / 4°	41	8.4	0.4	11.7	4.2
Apr	16° / 6°	51	10.5	0.2	13.1	4.9
May	20° / 9°	47	9.7	0	14.3	6.4
Jun	25° / 12°	23	5.4	0	14.9	7.8
Jul	29° / 15°	12	2.9	0	14.6	7.2
Aug	28° / 14°	13	3.1	0	13.6	7.3
Sep	24° / 12°	27	5	0	12.3	7.9
Oct	18° / 9°	62	9	0	10.9	5.9
Nov	12° / 4°	52	9.2	0.1	9.7	3.2
Dec	9° / 2°	48	7.4	0.5	9.1	1.9

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 58%.

	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 (%)	39	40	40	40	41	43	44	44	45	44	45	46	46	46	45	45	44	43	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41
Cloudier (%)	61	60	60	60	59	57	56	56	55	56	55	54	54	54	55	55	56	57	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	43	57
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	45	55
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Salamanca gets around 51 mm of rain and snow over 10.5 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 35% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	34
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34

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.

	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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in April

Winds average 12 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	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	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	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	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 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 7:15 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 7:40 PM to 8:11 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	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:15	7:13	7:12	7:10	7:08	7:07	7:05	7:03	7:02	7:00	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:53	6:52	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:42	6:41	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:29
Sunset (PM)	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:09	8:10	8:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	7:15	7:40
2	12.5	7:13	7:41
3	12.5	7:12	7:42
4	12.5	7:10	7:43
5	12.6	7:08	7:44
6	12.6	7:07	7:45
7	12.7	7:05	7:46
8	12.7	7:03	7:47
9	12.8	7:02	7:48
10	12.8	7:00	7:49
11	12.9	6:58	7:50
12	12.9	6:57	7:51
13	13.0	6:55	7:52
14	13.0	6:53	7:53
15	13.0	6:52	7:55
16	13.1	6:50	7:56
17	13.1	6:49	7:57
18	13.2	6:47	7:58
19	13.2	6:45	7:59
20	13.3	6:44	8:00
21	13.3	6:42	8:01
22	13.4	6:41	8:02
23	13.4	6:39	8:03
24	13.4	6:38	8:04
25	13.5	6:36	8:05
26	13.5	6:35	8:06
27	13.6	6:33	8:07
28	13.6	6:32	8:09
29	13.6	6:31	8:10
30	13.7	6:29	8:11

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 1.69 kWh/m² to a high of 7.67 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.55 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)	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0
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	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	6.0	Bright
29	6.0	Bright
30	6.0	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Salamanca?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.6

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Salamanca for sightseeing.

What to pack for Salamanca in April

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

In April, Salamanca sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Salamanca 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 Salamanca peaks around July 16 at about 10 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	2	6	6	7	9	10	9	6	5	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Salamanca?

Salamanca sits at 41.0°N, 5.7°W, 815 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Zamora, 60 km away.

Topography around Salamanca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salamanca has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m around an average of 807 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,090 m.

The land around Salamanca is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (45%) and cropland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

106 m

artificial surfaces 47%

16 km

236 m

cropland 65%

80 km

2,090 m

grassland 45%

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

April weather nearby: Zamora 60 km · Béjar 65 km · Medina del Campo 73 km · Arevalo 80 km · Ávila 88 km · Arenas de San Pedro 97 km · Laguna de Duero 104 km · Valladolid 110 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 Salamanca (40.9688°, -5.6639°, elevation 815 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	43	57
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	45	55
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	34
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	43	57
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	45	55
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	34
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	43	57
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	45	55
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	34
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100