Climate averages 1991–2020
Shumen 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 Shumen: daytime highs average 15.9°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 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 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Varna (80 km away). In April its highs average 14.6°C, 1.3°C cooler than Shumen, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Shumen ranks 7th of 10 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 10 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 10 cities is 16.2°C; Shumen is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 61 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
Shumen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 47 | 7.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 6.3°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 43 | 7.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 10.4°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 52 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.9°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 52 | 9.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 61 | 10.9 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 63 | 10.2 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 54 | 8.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 37 | 6.2 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 50 | 6.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 51 | 6.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.8°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 46 | 6.5 | 9.810 h |
| December | 5.4°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 50 | 8.0 | 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
- Varna in AprilBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 7.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Sliven in AprilBulgaria · 81 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Burgas in AprilBulgaria · 96 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Ruse in AprilBulgaria · 101 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in AprilBulgaria · 140 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Bucharest in AprilRomania · 145 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Constanţa in AprilRomania · 171 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Edirne in AprilTurkey · 180 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 6.7°C · 42 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 Shumen) is explained once on the Shumen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.