Climate averages 1991–2020
Prague weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Prague: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ústí nad Labem (69 km away). In April its highs average 14.4°C, about as warm as Prague, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Czechia, Prague ranks joint 1st of 12 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 14.1°C; Prague is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 68 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
Prague climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 37 | 9.6 | 8.69 h |
| February | 5.0°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 32 | 8.3 | 10.010 h |
| March | 9.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 43 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 14.8°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 38 | 9.5 | 13.714 h |
| May | 19.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 68 | 12.7 | 15.415 h |
| June | 22.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 79 | 12.3 | 16.316 h |
| July | 24.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 80 | 12.8 | 15.916 h |
| August | 24.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 73 | 10.8 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.7°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 56 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 44 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 8.0°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 40 | 8.9 | 9.19 h |
| December | 4.0°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 41 | 9.5 | 8.28 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
- Ústí nad Labem in AprilCzechia · 69 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Pilsen in AprilCzechia · 84 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Liberec in AprilCzechia · 88 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Pardubice in AprilCzechia · 97 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Hradec Králové in AprilCzechia · 102 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Dresden in AprilGermany · 117 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.4°C · 50 mm rain
- České Budějovice in AprilCzechia · 124 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Jelenia Góra in AprilPoland · 129 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.5°C · 51 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 Prague) is explained once on the Prague year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.