Climate averages 1991–2020
Bender weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Bender: daytime highs average 16.1°C and nights cool to about 6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiraspol (12 km away). In April its highs average 16.1°C, about as warm as Bender, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Moldova, Bender ranks joint 2nd of 4 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 4 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 4 cities is 16.0°C; Bender is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Bender climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.7°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 34 | 6.2 | 9.09 h |
| February | 4.1°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 26 | 5.5 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 31 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 40 | 8.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 22.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 46 | 9.6 | 15.015 h |
| June | 26.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 63 | 9.4 | 15.816 h |
| July | 28.4°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 45 | 7.7 | 15.515 h |
| August | 28.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 39 | 5.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 44 | 6.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 36 | 5.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.4°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 33 | 5.5 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.2°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 32 | 6.3 | 8.69 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Tiraspol in AprilMoldova · 12 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Chisinau in AprilMoldova · 51 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Odesa in AprilUkraine · 104 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Iaşi in AprilRomania · 147 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Bălţi in AprilMoldova · 156 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Galaţi in AprilRomania · 190 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Mykolayiv in AprilUkraine · 192 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Bacău in AprilRomania · 198 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.9°C · 48 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 Bender) is explained once on the Bender year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.