Climate averages 1991–2020
Astrakhan weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th 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 Astrakhan: 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 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elista (291 km away). In April its highs average 15.7°C, 0.5°C cooler than Astrakhan, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Astrakhan ranks joint 2nd of 236 for the warmest April highs and joint 12th of 236 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 236 cities is 9.5°C; Astrakhan is 6.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.7°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 27 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
Astrakhan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.2°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 15 | 4.5 | 9.09 h |
| February | 1.5°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 13 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| March | 7.9°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 20 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 26 | 4.9 | 13.514 h |
| May | 23.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 27 | 5.6 | 15.015 h |
| June | 29.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 20 | 4.3 | 15.716 h |
| July | 32.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 15 | 3.3 | 15.415 h |
| August | 30.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 12 | 2.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 23.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 15 | 3.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 19 | 4.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 6.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 18 | 4.6 | 9.59 h |
| December | 1.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 18 | 5.1 | 8.79 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
- Elista in AprilRussia · 291 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Atyrau in AprilKazakhstan · 305 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in AprilRussia · 363 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Volzhsky in AprilRussia · 365 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Volgograd in AprilRussia · 374 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Makhachkala in AprilRussia · 377 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Grozny in AprilRussia · 385 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Kaspiysk in AprilRussia · 387 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 22 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 Astrakhan) is explained once on the Astrakhan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.