Climate averages 1991–2020
Balakovo weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Balakovo: daytime highs average 11.4°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 52 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vol’sk (28 km away). In April its highs average 12.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Balakovo, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Balakovo ranks joint 63rd of 236 for the warmest April highs and joint 68th of 236 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 236 cities is 9.5°C; Balakovo is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 8.6°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 37 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
Balakovo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.3°C-11.3°C | -11.3°C | 40 | 9.0 | 8.38 h |
| February | -6.0°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 31 | 7.7 | 9.910 h |
| March | 0.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 34 | 7.9 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 11.4°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 36 | 7.5 | 13.914 h |
| May | 20.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 37 | 7.4 | 15.716 h |
| June | 24.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 44 | 8.4 | 16.617 h |
| July | 27.2°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 39 | 7.2 | 16.216 h |
| August | 25.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 30 | 5.5 | 14.715 h |
| September | 19.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 44 | 6.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 37 | 8.1 | 10.711 h |
| November | 1.5°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 33 | 7.3 | 8.99 h |
| December | -4.5°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 37 | 8.6 | 7.88 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
- Vol’sk in AprilRussia · 28 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Engels in AprilRussia · 131 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 2.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Syzran in AprilRussia · 134 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Saratov in AprilRussia · 136 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Kuznetsk in AprilRussia · 146 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 0.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Chapayevsk in AprilRussia · 167 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Novokuybyshevsk in AprilRussia · 188 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Tolyatti in AprilRussia · 197 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 1.0°C · 35 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 Balakovo) is explained once on the Balakovo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.