Climate averages 1991–2020
Rostock weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Rostock: daytime highs average 12.3°C and nights cool to about 4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Schwerin (70 km away). In April its highs average 12.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Rostock, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Rostock ranks 116th of 120 for the warmest April highs and joint 12th of 120 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 120 cities is 14.0°C; Rostock is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 57 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
Rostock climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 50 | 11.7 | 8.08 h |
| February | 4.1°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 41 | 10.3 | 9.710 h |
| March | 7.2°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 46 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 12.3°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 43 | 9.8 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 57 | 11.1 | 16.016 h |
| June | 19.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 71 | 11.5 | 17.117 h |
| July | 21.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 77 | 12.7 | 16.617 h |
| August | 21.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 74 | 12.4 | 14.915 h |
| September | 17.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 55 | 10.1 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.6°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 51 | 10.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.4°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 44 | 10.3 | 8.69 h |
| December | 4.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 51 | 11.5 | 7.57 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
- Schwerin in AprilGermany · 70 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 4.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Lübeck in AprilGermany · 98 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 4.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Kiel in AprilGermany · 133 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 4.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Neumünster in AprilGermany · 141 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Lüneburg in AprilGermany · 147 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Norderstedt in AprilGermany · 147 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Hamburg in AprilGermany · 153 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Szczecin in AprilPoland · 175 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.1°C · 38 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 Rostock) is explained once on the Rostock year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.