Climate averages 1991–2020
Sofia weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Sofia: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pernik (26 km away). In April its highs average 14.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Sofia, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Sofia ranks 8th of 10 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 10 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 10 cities is 16.2°C; Sofia is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 70 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
Sofia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 39 | 7.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.8°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 39 | 7.5 | 10.511 h |
| March | 10.1°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 54 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 58 | 11.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 70 | 13.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 23.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 62 | 11.6 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 51 | 9.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 26.4°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 35 | 7.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 35 | 6.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 46 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 36 | 6.7 | 9.810 h |
| December | 4.9°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 45 | 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
- Pernik in AprilBulgaria · 26 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 3.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Leskovac in AprilSerbia · 117 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Plovdiv in AprilBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Pleven in AprilBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Niš in AprilSerbia · 135 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Kumanovo in AprilNorth Macedonia · 146 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Skopje in AprilNorth Macedonia · 174 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Pristina in AprilKosovo · 176 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.3°C · 68 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 Sofia) is explained once on the Sofia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.