Weather / April
Marbella weather in April
Reliably mild, with the last meaningful rainfall of the dry season still on the record.
Photo: Zarateman, Wikimedia Commons, CC0In April, Marbella averages a daytime high of 21.4°C, 244 hours of sunshine and 4.5 days of rain, on the AEMET 1981-2010 climate normals as read by Marbella Wire.
April holds the daytime high above 21°C and the overnight low above 11°C, AEMET's normal shows, with sunshine up again to 244 hours. Rain is lighter than March's but still real, 44mm over four and a half days on average, the last month before the coast's rainfall drops away for the summer. It is the last of the three spring months where a jacket for the evening is worth packing rather than optional.
The sea in April
Marbella's inshore water averages 17°C in April, a model reanalysis for 2023-2025 rather than a buoy reading: day to day it typically ranges between 15.2°C and 19.8°C.
What to pack for April
Days average 21.4°C and nights settle near 11.1°C, lighter than March's, and the last month with meaningful rain before the dry season, with rain falling on 4.5 days of the month and 244 hours of sunshine to plan around.
Questions
What's the weather like in Marbella in April?
Expect a daytime high around 21.4°C and an overnight low near 11.1°C, averaging 16.3°C across the month, AEMET's 1981–2010 normal for the Málaga Airport station, the nearest full weather station to Marbella.
Does it rain in Marbella in April?
April averages 4.5 days with at least 1mm of rain and 44mm in total, lighter than March's, and the last month with meaningful rain before the dry season.
How much sunshine does Marbella get in April?
AEMET's normal for April is 244 hours of sunshine across the month, climbing steadily toward the summer peak.
Every figure on this page is AEMET's own published 1981–2010 climate normal for the Málaga Airport station, the nearest station to Marbella with a full climate record; Marbella itself has none. Nothing here is forecast, estimated, or extrapolated.
AEMET (Spain's State Meteorological Agency), Málaga Airport station, 1981-2010 normals. Read 20 August 2026. View the data at AEMET · AEMET's data licence