Costa del Sol in April

April on the Costa del Sol is 17 °C by day and 16.5 °C in the sea. Early for the beach, the best time for everything else: load 2 out of 5, clear roads, and the heat does not arrive until June.

The Costa del Sol is fourteen places in our base, and they differ a great deal. On the appraisal basis the square metre runs from €2,736 in Alhaurín de la Torre to €4,477 in Marbella — more than one and a half times along one shore. On asking prices the spread is wider still: €1,581 in Torre del Mar against €3,450 in Manilva. Only figures on the same basis can be compared. On this coast winter liveability runs from 4 to 5. April is good because you can see that spread in a single trip: Nerja to Manilva is 130 kilometres as the crow flies, and along that stretch there are both resort towns that go quiet in winter and towns that work all year.