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Lisbon in April

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Lisbon is mild: highs near 68°F, lows near 55°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 52 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Lisbon is mild: highs near 20°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 52 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
68°F20°Caverage
Low
55°F13°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 33% of days
Daylight
13h 11mon average

Is April a good time to visit Lisbon?

A good month, just outside Lisbon's best months, which run in two parts: May to July, or September.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 68°F in April, against 60°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 20°C in April, against 16°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

33% of days in April, against 4% to 35% through the year.

Cloud cover

46% cover in April, against 14% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

13h 11m in April, against 9h 30m to 14h 50m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. March65°18°low 52°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. April68°20°low 55°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. May73°23°low 58°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Lisbon sits, in April

Europe/Lisbon
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
7:02 AMsets 8:12 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
38.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Melides72 km south-east

The land around Lisbon, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Portugal in April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Lisbon

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Lisbon. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.