Climate averages 1991–2020
Orël weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Orël: daytime highs average 11.8°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 55 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia (85 km away). In April its highs average 12.1°C, about as warm as Orël, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Orël ranks joint 59th of 236 for the warmest April highs and joint 192nd of 236 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 236 cities is 9.5°C; Orël is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 56 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
Orël climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.2°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 38 | 9.6 | 8.28 h |
| February | -3.8°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 36 | 8.6 | 9.810 h |
| March | 1.9°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 36 | 8.6 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 11.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 44 | 9.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 56 | 10.7 | 15.816 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 66 | 11.5 | 16.817 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 82 | 12.6 | 16.416 h |
| August | 23.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 60 | 9.5 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 57 | 9.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 56 | 9.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | 2.1°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 42 | 8.6 | 8.89 h |
| December | -2.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 41 | 10.1 | 7.78 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
- Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia in AprilRussia · 85 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 2.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Bryansk in AprilRussia · 122 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Kursk in AprilRussia · 138 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Yelets in AprilRussia · 168 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 2.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Tula in AprilRussia · 170 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 1.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Kaluga in AprilRussia · 174 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Novomoskovsk in AprilRussia · 187 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Gubkin in AprilRussia · 212 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.1°C · 42 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 Orël) is explained once on the Orël year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.