Climate averages 1991–2020
Plovdiv weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Plovdiv: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stara Zagora (80 km away). In April its highs average 17.1°C, about as warm as Plovdiv, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Plovdiv ranks 4th of 10 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 10 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 10 cities is 16.2°C; Plovdiv is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 56 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
Plovdiv climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 40 | 6.7 | 9.59 h |
| February | 7.8°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 40 | 7.0 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 53 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.0°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 46 | 8.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.9°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 56 | 9.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 26.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 46 | 8.8 | 15.215 h |
| July | 28.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 39 | 6.7 | 14.915 h |
| August | 28.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 24 | 4.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 42 | 5.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 42 | 6.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 38 | 5.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 48 | 7.6 | 9.29 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
- Stara Zagora in AprilBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Sofia in AprilBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Pleven in AprilBulgaria · 141 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Sliven in AprilBulgaria · 142 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Pernik in AprilBulgaria · 149 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 3.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Edirne in AprilTurkey · 159 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 6.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Ruse in AprilBulgaria · 212 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Shumen in AprilBulgaria · 217 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.3°C · 52 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 Plovdiv) is explained once on the Plovdiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.