Climate averages 1991–2020
Magadan weather
in April.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a freezing month in Magadan: daytime highs average -2.9°C and nights cool to about -9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes April a month with light precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 28 min on an average April day.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Magadan ranks 233rd of 236 for the warmest April highs and joint 12th of 236 for the driest April (precipitation, lowest first). The mean April high of those 236 cities is 9.5°C; Magadan is 12.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.2°C to 4.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 26 mm to 41 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
Magadan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -17.7°C-22.1°C | -22.1°C | 17 | 4.5 | 6.97 h |
| February | -16.5°C-22.1°C | -22.1°C | 13 | 3.6 | 9.19 h |
| March | -10.3°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 23 | 5.6 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | -2.9°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 26 | 5.6 | 14.514 h |
| May | 4.3°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 41 | 6.8 | 17.017 h |
| June | 11.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 54 | 7.8 | 18.519 h |
| July | 15.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 8.4 | 17.918 h |
| August | 15.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 107 | 10.6 | 15.616 h |
| September | 10.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 84 | 9.9 | 12.913 h |
| October | 1.2°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 64 | 9.5 | 10.210 h |
| November | -9.6°C-14.3°C | -14.3°C | 54 | 8.5 | 7.78 h |
| December | -16.3°C-20.2°C | -20.2°C | 23 | 5.6 | 6.26 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
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in AprilRussia · 868 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -5.2°C · 96 mm precipitation
- Yakutsk in AprilRussia · 1170 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -10.3°C · 9.6 mm precipitation
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur in AprilRussia · 1327 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -3.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in AprilRussia · 1499 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -2.3°C · 69 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 Magadan) is explained once on the Magadan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.