Climate averages 1991–2020
Chisinau weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Chisinau: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bender (51 km away). In April its highs average 16.1°C, about as warm as Chisinau, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Moldova, Chisinau ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 4 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 4 cities is 16.0°C; Chisinau is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 54 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
Chisinau 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-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 33 | 6.6 | 9.09 h |
| February | 4.2°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 27 | 5.8 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 35 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 47 | 8.8 | 13.614 h |
| May | 22.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 54 | 10.1 | 15.015 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 69 | 10.4 | 15.816 h |
| July | 28.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 59 | 9.1 | 15.515 h |
| August | 27.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 49 | 6.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 48 | 7.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 40 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 36 | 5.5 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.1°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 35 | 6.4 | 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
- Bender in AprilMoldova · 51 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Tiraspol in AprilMoldova · 61 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Iaşi in AprilRomania · 97 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Bălţi in AprilMoldova · 109 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Odesa in AprilUkraine · 155 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Bacău in AprilRomania · 156 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Botoşani in AprilRomania · 185 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Galaţi in AprilRomania · 186 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.9°C · 43 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 Chisinau) is explained once on the Chisinau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.