Climate averages 1991–2020
Pleven weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Pleven: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruse (118 km away). In April its highs average 17.6°C, about as warm as Pleven, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Pleven ranks 1st of 10 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 10 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 10 cities is 16.2°C; Pleven is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 78 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
Pleven climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.3°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 39 | 6.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 7.2°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 37 | 6.9 | 10.510 h |
| March | 12.3°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 52 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.9°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 57 | 9.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 78 | 11.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 80 | 11.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 70 | 9.5 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 46 | 6.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 47 | 6.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 45 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 37 | 6.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | 5.7°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 42 | 7.5 | 9.09 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
- Ruse in AprilBulgaria · 118 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Craiova in AprilRomania · 119 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Sofia in AprilBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in AprilBulgaria · 138 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Plovdiv in AprilBulgaria · 141 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Pernik in AprilBulgaria · 158 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 3.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Piteşti in AprilRomania · 160 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Sliven in AprilBulgaria · 161 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 75 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 Pleven) is explained once on the Pleven year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.