Climate averages 1991–2020
Pristina weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Pristina: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mitrovicë (34 km away). In April its highs average 15.9°C, about as warm as Pristina, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Kosovo, Pristina ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 16.0°C; Pristina 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 rises from 68 mm to 76 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
Pristina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.4°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 42 | 8.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 6.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 41 | 8.5 | 10.511 h |
| March | 10.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 59 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.5°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 68 | 11.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 76 | 12.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 65 | 12.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 51 | 9.2 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 40 | 7.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 45 | 7.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 46 | 7.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.6°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 46 | 8.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 5.1°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 54 | 9.2 | 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
- Mitrovicë in AprilKosovo · 34 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Suva Reka in AprilKosovo · 45 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Prizren in AprilKosovo · 62 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Gjakovë in AprilKosovo · 69 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Leskovac in AprilSerbia · 73 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in AprilSerbia · 74 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Kumanovo in AprilNorth Macedonia · 75 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Skopje in AprilNorth Macedonia · 78 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 57 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 Pristina) is explained once on the Pristina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.