Climate averages 1991–2020
Polotsk weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Polotsk: daytime highs average 11.0°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 07 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novopolotsk (13 km away). In April its highs average 11.0°C, about as warm as Polotsk, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Polotsk ranks joint 16th of 18 for the warmest April highs and joint 12th of 18 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 18 cities is 12.0°C; Polotsk is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 17.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 64 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Polotsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.7°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 43 | 10.8 | 7.88 h |
| February | -2.0°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 39 | 9.7 | 9.610 h |
| March | 3.1°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 39 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 11.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 46 | 9.7 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.0°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 64 | 11.4 | 16.216 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 75 | 12.3 | 17.417 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 87 | 13.0 | 16.917 h |
| August | 21.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 73 | 11.3 | 15.015 h |
| September | 16.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 61 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.0°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 61 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| November | 2.8°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 49 | 10.4 | 8.48 h |
| December | -1.0°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 43 | 10.5 | 7.27 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Novopolotsk in AprilBelarus · 13 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Vitebsk in AprilBelarus · 96 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Barysaw in AprilBelarus · 141 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Velikiye Luki in AprilRussia · 145 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 1.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Daugavpils in AprilLatvia · 148 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Orsha in AprilBelarus · 150 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Maladziečna in AprilBelarus · 179 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 2.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Minsk in AprilBelarus · 193 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 2.2°C · 47 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Polotsk) is explained once on the Polotsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.