Tarragona weather in April

In April, Tarragona sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 43 mm of rain across 6.9 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% 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 Tarragona's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tarragona's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 43 mm; 6.9 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 6:22 AM – 7:28 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 10th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.81 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

Tarragona is city in Catalonia, Spain.

Air quality: Good; PM10 17.1 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 18°C by the end.

A typical April day in Tarragona reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 20°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	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Tarragona 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 8°	42	6.1	9.4	4.3
Feb	14° / 8°	31	5	10.4	4.7
Mar	16° / 10°	37	5.7	11.7	5.5
Apr	17° / 12°	43	6.9	13.1	6.2
May	20° / 15°	38	5.4	14.3	7.3
Jun	24° / 19°	20	3.4	14.9	8.3
Jul	27° / 22°	18	3.7	14.7	8.1
Aug	27° / 23°	40	5.6	13.6	7.6
Sep	25° / 20°	77	8.6	12.3	7.4
Oct	21° / 16°	78	8.1	10.9	7.0
Nov	17° / 12°	53	6.1	9.7	6.1
Dec	14° / 9°	42	6	9.1	4.6

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%.

	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 (%)	65	66	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	67	66	66	66	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	63	62	62	62	62	62	62	61	61	61
Cloudier (%)	35	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	33	34	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	62	38
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Tarragona gets around 43 mm of rain over 6.9 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 23% and peaks near 25% 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	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24

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

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 92% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	97	97	96	96	95	94	93	92	91	90	89	88	87	86	85	83	82	80	78	76
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	17	18	20	22	24

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	95	5
16	94	6
17	93	7
18	92	8
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	89	11
22	88	12
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	85	15
26	83	17
27	82	18
28	80	20
29	78	22
30	76	24

Wind in April

Winds average 14 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	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	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	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	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	13	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 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 6:47 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 7:12 PM to 7:43 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	13.1	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	13.7	13.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:41	6:39	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:22	6:21	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:04	6:03	6:01
Sunset (PM)	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:47	7:12
2	12.5	6:46	7:13
3	12.5	6:44	7:14
4	12.5	6:42	7:15
5	12.6	6:41	7:16
6	12.6	6:39	7:17
7	12.7	6:37	7:18
8	12.7	6:35	7:20
9	12.8	6:34	7:21
10	12.8	6:32	7:22
11	12.9	6:30	7:23
12	12.9	6:29	7:24
13	13.0	6:27	7:25
14	13.0	6:26	7:26
15	13.1	6:24	7:27
16	13.1	6:22	7:28
17	13.1	6:21	7:29
18	13.2	6:19	7:30
19	13.2	6:18	7:31
20	13.3	6:16	7:33
21	13.3	6:14	7:34
22	13.4	6:13	7:35
23	13.4	6:11	7:36
24	13.4	6:10	7:37
25	13.5	6:08	7:38
26	13.5	6:07	7:39
27	13.6	6:06	7:40
28	13.6	6:04	7:41
29	13.7	6:03	7:42
30	13.7	6:01	7:43

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 1.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.22 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 5.81 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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	6.0	Bright
22	6.0	Intense
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Tarragona?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.7

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Tarragona for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tarragona in April

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

In April, Tarragona sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Tarragona in April

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 7 to Oct 27 — about 4.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	13	13	15	17	21	24	26	24	21	18	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	15	Bracing
May	17	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	24	Warm
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	15	Cool

UV index in Tarragona 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 Tarragona peaks around July 15 at about 9 (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 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	7	6	9	9	8	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	6	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Tarragona?

Tarragona sits at 41.1°N, 1.2°E, 60 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is La Pineda, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Tarragona

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tarragona has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 28 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 611 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,196 m.

The land around Tarragona is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and water (26%) within 3 km, water (43%) within 16 km, and trees (32%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

134 m

artificial surfaces 41%

16 km

611 m

water 43%

80 km

1,196 m

trees 32%

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

April weather nearby: La Pineda 7.0 km · Vila-seca 8.0 km · Salou 10 km · Reus 12 km · Torredembarra 13 km · Cambrils 17 km · Valls 19 km · El Vendrell 26 km

Spain travel facts

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GDP per capita: $38,627; 2025
Happiness: 6.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
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Road deaths: 3.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Tarragona (41.1191°, 1.2454°, elevation 60 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	11
2	16	11
3	17	11
4	17	11
5	17	11
6	17	11
7	17	11
8	17	11
9	17	11
10	17	11
11	17	12
12	17	12
13	17	12
14	17	12
15	17	12
16	17	12
17	17	12
18	17	12
19	18	12
20	18	12
21	18	12
22	18	13
23	18	13
24	18	13
25	18	13
26	18	13
27	18	13
28	18	13
29	18	13
30	19	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	62	38
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	95	5
16	94	6
17	93	7
18	92	8
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	89	11
22	88	12
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	85	15
26	83	17
27	82	18
28	80	20
29	78	22
30	76	24

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	62	38
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	95	5
16	94	6
17	93	7
18	92	8
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	89	11
22	88	12
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	85	15
26	83	17
27	82	18
28	80	20
29	78	22
30	76	24

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	62	38
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	95	5
16	94	6
17	93	7
18	92	8
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	89	11
22	88	12
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	85	15
26	83	17
27	82	18
28	80	20
29	78	22
30	76	24