Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruse 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 Ruse: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 10 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 24 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bucharest (66 km away). In April its highs average 17.3°C, about as warm as Ruse, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Ruse ranks 2nd of 10 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 10 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 10 cities is 16.2°C; Ruse is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 65 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
Ruse climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.8°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 44 | 7.1 | 9.39 h |
| February | 6.9°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 39 | 7.0 | 10.410 h |
| March | 11.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 50 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 55 | 9.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 65 | 10.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 79 | 10.6 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 64 | 8.4 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 48 | 5.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 55 | 6.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 51 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 48 | 6.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 5.4°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 46 | 7.7 | 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
- Bucharest in AprilRomania · 66 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Shumen in AprilBulgaria · 101 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Pleven in AprilBulgaria · 118 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Ploieşti in AprilRomania · 123 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 4.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Sliven in AprilBulgaria · 133 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Piteşti in AprilRomania · 141 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in AprilBulgaria · 160 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Buzău in AprilRomania · 161 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.7°C · 56 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 Ruse) is explained once on the Ruse year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.