Climate averages 1991–2020
Makhachkala weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 7th 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 Makhachkala: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaspiysk (16 km away). In April its highs average 13.8°C, about as warm as Makhachkala, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Makhachkala ranks 29th of 236 for the warmest April highs and joint 26th of 236 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 236 cities is 9.5°C; Makhachkala is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 39 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
Makhachkala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 26 | 6.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 26 | 6.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 8.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 27 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 13.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 39 | 8.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 38 | 7.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 40 | 7.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 52 | 7.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 65 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 49 | 8.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 42 | 7.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 27 | 6.4 | 9.19 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 · 16 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in AprilRussia · 80 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Derbent in AprilRussia · 120 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 8.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Grozny in AprilRussia · 152 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Sunzha in AprilRussia · 202 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Nazran in AprilRussia · 223 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Vladikavkaz in AprilRussia · 230 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Mingachevir in AprilAzerbaijan · 249 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 63 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 Makhachkala) is explained once on the Makhachkala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.