Climate averages 1991–2020
Balashov weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet 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 Balashov: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 50 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tambov (177 km away). In April its highs average 12.0°C, 0.5°C cooler than Balashov, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Balashov ranks 44th of 236 for the warmest April highs and joint 142nd of 236 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 236 cities is 9.5°C; Balashov is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.5°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 51 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
Balashov climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.3°C-10.0°C | -10.0°C | 42 | 9.9 | 8.48 h |
| February | -4.9°C-10.4°C | -10.4°C | 35 | 8.2 | 9.910 h |
| March | 1.2°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 37 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 12.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 40 | 8.6 | 13.814 h |
| May | 20.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 51 | 9.3 | 15.616 h |
| June | 23.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 60 | 10.4 | 16.617 h |
| July | 26.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 54 | 9.5 | 16.116 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 37 | 6.1 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 49 | 7.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.6°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 45 | 9.1 | 10.711 h |
| November | 1.9°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 39 | 8.5 | 8.99 h |
| December | -3.4°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 44 | 9.5 | 7.98 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
- Tambov in AprilRussia · 177 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Saratov in AprilRussia · 195 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Engels in AprilRussia · 203 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 2.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Penza in AprilRussia · 221 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 1.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Kamyshin in AprilRussia · 226 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 3.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Michurinsk in AprilRussia · 237 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Lipetsk in AprilRussia · 273 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 2.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Voronezh in AprilRussia · 275 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.9°C · 40 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 Balashov) is explained once on the Balashov year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.