April Weather in Granada Spain

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 66°F to 70°F, rarely falling below 55°F or exceeding 82°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 5°F, from 41°F to 46°F, rarely falling below 34°F or exceeding 52°F.

For reference, on July 22, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Granada typically range from 61°F to 93°F, while on January 15, the coldest day of the year, they range from 32°F to 54°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on April. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Bodfish, California, United States (5,911 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Granada (view comparison).

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The month of April in Granada experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 40% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is April 28, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 61% of the time.

For reference, on October 30, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 47%, while on July 19, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 93%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Granada, the chance of a wet day over the course of April is essentially constant, remaining around 15% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 19% on October 29, and its lowest chance is 1% on July 30.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during April in Granada is essentially constant, remaining about 1.0 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 2.0 inches or falling below 0.1 inches.

Over the course of April in Granada, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 5 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 14 seconds, and weekly increase of 15 minutes, 41 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is April 1, with 12 hours, 38 minutes of daylight and the longest day is April 30, with 13 hours, 43 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Granada is 7:59 AM on April 1 and the earliest sunrise is 39 minutes earlier at 7:20 AM on April 30.

The earliest sunset is 8:37 PM on April 1 and the latest sunset is 26 minutes later at 9:03 PM on April 30.

Daylight saving time is observed in Granada during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during April, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:54 AM and sets 14 hours, 43 minutes later, at 9:37 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:24 AM and sets 9 hours, 36 minutes later, at 6:00 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for April 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Granada is essentially constant during April, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 16, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time, while on October 19, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Granada is gradually decreasing during April, decreasing from 7.9 miles per hour to 7.4 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on February 21, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.2 miles per hour, while on August 27, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.7 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during April is 8.1 miles per hour on April 7.

The hourly average wind direction in Granada throughout April is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 43% on April 29.

Granada is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Granada is essentially constant during April, remaining within 1°F of 61°F throughout.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Granada typically lasts for 7.7 months (235 days), from around March 26 to around November 16, rarely starting before February 26 or after April 23, and rarely ending before October 26 or after December 6.

The month of April in Granada is more likely than not fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season rapidly increasing from 59% to 95% over the course of the month.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Granada are increasing during April, increasing by 207°F, from 224°F to 430°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Granada is gradually increasing during April, rising by 1.0 kWh, from 5.9 kWh to 6.8 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Granada are 37.188 deg latitude, -3.607 deg longitude, and 2,260 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Granada contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,142 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,349 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (4,347 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (11,368 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Granada is covered by artificial surfaces (50%), cropland (27%), and trees (15%), within 10 miles by cropland (55%) and trees (22%), and within 50 miles by cropland (47%) and trees (19%).