Climate averages 1991–2020
Orenburg weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Orenburg: daytime highs average 12.2°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 51 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Salavat (188 km away). In April its highs average 10.3°C, 2.0°C cooler than Orenburg, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Orenburg ranks 49th of 236 for the warmest April highs and joint 40th of 236 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 236 cities is 9.5°C; Orenburg is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 8.5°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 35 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
Orenburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.8°C-14.8°C | -14.8°C | 33 | 8.7 | 8.48 h |
| February | -7.6°C-14.4°C | -14.4°C | 28 | 6.7 | 9.910 h |
| March | -0.6°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 33 | 7.9 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 12.2°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 33 | 7.1 | 13.814 h |
| May | 20.7°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 35 | 7.5 | 15.616 h |
| June | 25.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 35 | 7.0 | 16.617 h |
| July | 27.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 32 | 6.7 | 16.216 h |
| August | 26.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 27 | 5.7 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 29 | 6.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 37 | 7.6 | 10.711 h |
| November | 0.1°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 32 | 7.6 | 8.99 h |
| December | -6.5°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 34 | 8.2 | 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
- Salavat in AprilRussia · 188 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 0.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Ishimbay in AprilRussia · 197 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Sterlitamak in AprilRussia · 216 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Aktobe in AprilKazakhstan · 222 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 1.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Buzuluk in AprilRussia · 224 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Novotroitsk in AprilRussia · 231 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 0.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Orsk in AprilRussia · 242 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 0.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Oral in AprilKazakhstan · 261 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 29 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 Orenburg) is explained once on the Orenburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.