Climate averages 1991–2020
Skopje 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 Skopje: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kumanovo (28 km away). In April its highs average 17.1°C, 1.1°C cooler than Skopje, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in North Macedonia, Skopje ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 3 cities is 17.0°C; Skopje is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 49 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
Skopje climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 45 | 8.2 | 9.59 h |
| February | 8.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 43 | 7.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 56 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 57 | 9.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 49 | 10.1 | 14.515 h |
| June | 27.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 38 | 7.8 | 15.215 h |
| July | 30.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 25 | 5.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 31.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 25 | 4.3 | 13.914 h |
| September | 25.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 33 | 5.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 53 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| December | 7.2°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 59 | 9.1 | 9.29 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
- Kumanovo in AprilNorth Macedonia · 28 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Prizren in AprilKosovo · 62 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Suva Reka in AprilKosovo · 64 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Prilep in AprilNorth Macedonia · 73 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Pristina in AprilKosovo · 78 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Gjakovë in AprilKosovo · 93 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in AprilKosovo · 109 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Leskovac in AprilSerbia · 119 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 67 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 Skopje) is explained once on the Skopje year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.