Climate averages 1991–2020
Nicosia weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Nicosia: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Larnaca (37 km away). In April its highs average 22.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Nicosia, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Cyprus, Nicosia ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 3 cities is 22.5°C; Nicosia is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 30 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
Nicosia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 57 | 8.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 48 | 7.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 36 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 23.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 29 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 30 | 4.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 7.3 | 1.8 | 14.514 h |
| July | 35.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 2.7 | 1.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 32.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 37 | 5.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 38 | 5.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 54 | 8.5 | 9.810 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
- Larnaca in AprilCyprus · 37 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Limassol in AprilCyprus · 62 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Silifke in AprilTurkey · 144 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Alanya in AprilTurkey · 195 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Mersin in AprilTurkey · 216 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Karaman in AprilTurkey · 224 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Latakia in AprilSyria · 225 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in AprilSyria · 233 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.3°C · 66 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 Nicosia) is explained once on the Nicosia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.