Climate averages 1991–2020
Gjakovë weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Gjakovë: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prizren (31 km away). In April its highs average 16.6°C, 1.2°C warmer than Gjakovë, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Kosovo, Gjakovë ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 16.0°C; Gjakovë is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 75 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
Gjakovë climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 63 | 9.8 | 9.59 h |
| February | 7.0°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 64 | 10.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 10.9°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 78 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 75 | 12.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 75 | 13.1 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 53 | 10.9 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 51 | 8.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 28.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 37 | 7.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 65 | 9.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.6°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 78 | 10.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 87 | 11.2 | 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
- Prizren in AprilKosovo · 31 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Suva Reka in AprilKosovo · 32 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in AprilKosovo · 66 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Pristina in AprilKosovo · 69 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Shkodër in AprilAlbania · 83 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 10.1°C · 143 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in AprilSerbia · 84 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Skopje in AprilNorth Macedonia · 93 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Podgorica in AprilMontenegro · 96 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 158 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 Gjakovë) is explained once on the Gjakovë year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.