Climate averages 1991–2020
Debrecen weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Debrecen: daytime highs average 16.9°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nyíregyháza (48 km away). In April its highs average 16.7°C, about as warm as Debrecen, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Debrecen ranks 4th of 11 for the warmest April highs and 11th of 11 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 11 cities is 16.7°C; Debrecen is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 66 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
Debrecen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 34 | 8.1 | 8.99 h |
| February | 5.2°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 40 | 8.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 39 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.9°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 51 | 9.5 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 66 | 11.0 | 15.115 h |
| June | 25.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 73 | 11.7 | 15.916 h |
| July | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 77 | 11.0 | 15.616 h |
| August | 27.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 58 | 8.2 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 56 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 52 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 47 | 8.4 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.4°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 46 | 8.7 | 8.59 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
- Nyíregyháza in AprilHungary · 48 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Oradea in AprilRomania · 58 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Miskolc in AprilHungary · 90 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Satu Mare in AprilRomania · 97 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Szolnok in AprilHungary · 114 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Mukachevo in AprilUkraine · 130 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 4.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Uzhhorod in AprilUkraine · 131 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Košice in AprilSlovakia · 134 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 64 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 Debrecen) is explained once on the Debrecen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.