Updated 4 Aug 2026 · recomputed nightly

Visiting Palma de Mallorca in April 2027?

April 2027 is a shoulder month in Palma de Mallorca: mild and wet, around 20°C / 68°F with rain on about 9 days, Lively on 19 of 30 days — 3 days run Busy or Packed.

In short, a solid middle-ground pick.

Among the 12 months we forecast for Palma de Mallorca, April ranks 7th for crowd pressure. Its heaviest day is Wed 28 Apr, busier than 72% of the year; its lightest is Mon 5 Apr at 32%.

Crowds

3/30 busy or packed

8 calm · 19 lively

Weather

20°C / 68°F

rain ~9 days

Value

A fair balance

a solid middle-ground pick

Preparing pays off in a month like this: timed-entry tickets and pre-booked tours turn the queue time into sightseeing time. see the options →

How busy is Palma de Mallorca in April?

The busiest days are the 25th, 28th and 30th. Away from those, most days sit Lively. The calmest stretch is the 1st–24th.

Cruise ships are in port on 24 of 30 days; the heaviest is Sun 25 Apr, 3 ships in at once. Those mornings fill the squares first — start early, or save them for indoors.

The month is not one thing: its lightest day sits at 32% of the year and its heaviest at 72%, so where you land inside it matters. Daylight runs about 13 hours.

Either side of it, March is far calmer and May picks up.

The calmest days are the 5th, 7th and 9th — aim for those if your dates can flex.

CalmLivelyBusyPacked⚓ ships in port · % = busier than this share of the year · tap any day for its full forecast

Best daysMon 5 · Wed 7 · Fri 9 — The calmest days are the 5th, 7th and 9th — aim for those if your dates can flex.

Busiest daysSun 25 · Wed 28 · Fri 30 — the days to plan around.

How does May compare? →

Locked into a busy day? Here's the play.

–9am

Own the morning.The ships dock and unload mid-morning. The headline sights before nine are yours.

10–5

Go where the day-trippers don't.Away from the headline sights it stays manageable all day. Save the marquee ones.

5pm+

Take the city back.Ships sail by early evening and the squares empty out — the best hour of the day.

The heaviest port day is Sun 25 Apr — 3 ships in at once. See the marquee sights on a lighter day, or be there for opening time.
Need flexibility? The 1st–24th is the month's calmest stretch — the easiest window to move around in.
On the busy days, the walk-up queues for the big sights are the biggest time-sink — a timed-entry ticket skips them, which is where a busy month is won or lost.

Travelling on a busy day?
Timed-entry and skip-the-line tickets turn queue time into sightseeing time — sort them before you fly.

See skip-the-line options for Palma de Mallorca →

April weather in Palma de Mallorca

Comfortably warm — around 20°C / 68°F, easy shirtsleeve weather, with rain on about 9 days, so keep a layer handy.

Palma de Mallorca gets rain on about 9 days in April, so the odds of being caught out are real. What earns its bag space is a shell that packs to nothing, dries fast and has a hood that survives wind; a heavy waterproof is overkill and an umbrella is one more thing to carry through crowds. Browse on Amazon ↗

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Is April worth it in Palma de Mallorca?

A fair balance — decent weather, crowds you can work around.

Worth booking the marquee sights ahead for the busy days, but you can keep the rest of the trip flexible.

Compare May →

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Built on: Spain's public holidays · school vacations across France, Germany and the Netherlands · the season pattern from official overnight stays · five years of weather records (2019–2023) · operator-confirmed events · the published cruise schedule
Every figure is recomputed nightly from real cruise schedules, public and school holidays, and long-run climate normals. Gaps are shown, not filled.