Climate averages 1991–2020
Derbent weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Derbent: daytime highs average 12.8°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 2nd 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 Kaspiysk (105 km away). In April its highs average 13.8°C, 1.0°C warmer than Derbent, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Derbent ranks joint 39th 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; Derbent is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 31 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
Derbent climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 27 | 7.0 | 9.59 h |
| February | 5.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 33 | 7.2 | 10.511 h |
| March | 8.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 33 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 12.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 26 | 5.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 31 | 7.0 | 14.515 h |
| June | 24.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 28 | 5.0 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 23 | 3.9 | 14.915 h |
| August | 27.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 33 | 5.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 59 | 7.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 47 | 7.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 43 | 8.0 | 9.910 h |
| December | 7.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 31 | 7.0 | 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
- Kaspiysk in AprilRussia · 105 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Makhachkala in AprilRussia · 120 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Mingachevir in AprilAzerbaijan · 177 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Yevlakh in AprilAzerbaijan · 187 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 9.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in AprilRussia · 191 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Sumgayit in AprilAzerbaijan · 201 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Khirdalan in AprilAzerbaijan · 218 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 9.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Ganja in AprilAzerbaijan · 223 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 76 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 Derbent) is explained once on the Derbent year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.