Climate averages 1991–2020
Pernik weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Pernik: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sofia (26 km away). In April its highs average 15.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Pernik, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Pernik ranks 10th of 10 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 10 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 10 cities is 16.2°C; Pernik is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 52 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Pernik climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 40 | 7.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.4°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 40 | 7.6 | 10.511 h |
| March | 9.4°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 54 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.2°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 54 | 10.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 52 | 10.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 22.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 46 | 9.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 36 | 7.2 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 26 | 5.4 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 32 | 5.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 46 | 6.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.9°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 39 | 7.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 4.5°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 49 | 8.6 | 9.19 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Sofia in AprilBulgaria · 26 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Leskovac in AprilSerbia · 99 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Kumanovo in AprilNorth Macedonia · 120 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Niš in AprilSerbia · 122 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Skopje in AprilNorth Macedonia · 148 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Plovdiv in AprilBulgaria · 149 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Pristina in AprilKosovo · 153 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Pleven in AprilBulgaria · 158 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 57 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 Pernik) is explained once on the Pernik year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.