Climate averages 1991–2020
Podgorica weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Podgorica: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the 5th 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 Shkodër (46 km away). In April its highs average 17.5°C, about as warm as Podgorica, with 143 mm of rain.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 mm to 121 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
Podgorica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 180 | 12.1 | 9.59 h |
| February | 9.8°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 195 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| March | 13.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 189 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 158 | 12.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 121 | 12.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 26.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 67 | 9.7 | 15.215 h |
| July | 29.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 43 | 6.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 30.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 41 | 5.8 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 164 | 8.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 212 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 286 | 12.8 | 9.810 h |
| December | 9.6°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 271 | 13.5 | 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
- Shkodër in AprilAlbania · 46 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 10.1°C · 143 mm rain
- Gjakovë in AprilKosovo · 96 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Prizren in AprilKosovo · 124 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Durrës in AprilAlbania · 125 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in AprilSerbia · 128 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Suva Reka in AprilKosovo · 129 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Tirana in AprilAlbania · 132 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.3°C · 102 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in AprilKosovo · 140 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 69 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 Podgorica) is explained once on the Podgorica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.