Climate averages 1991–2020
Petrozavodsk weather
in April.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cold month in Petrozavodsk: daytime highs average 5.2°C and nights cool to about -1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 43 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Joensuu (254 km away). In April its highs average 3.9°C, 1.3°C cooler than Petrozavodsk, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Petrozavodsk ranks 217th of 236 for the warmest April highs and joint 81st of 236 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 236 cities is 9.5°C; Petrozavodsk is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 55 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
Petrozavodsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.1°C-10.4°C | -10.4°C | 32 | 8.8 | 6.36 h |
| February | -6.0°C-10.4°C | -10.4°C | 28 | 8.2 | 8.89 h |
| March | -1.2°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 33 | 8.8 | 11.712 h |
| April, selected | 5.2°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 37 | 9.0 | 14.715 h |
| May | 12.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 55 | 10.9 | 17.618 h |
| June | 17.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 68 | 12.1 | 19.419 h |
| July | 20.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 86 | 14.0 | 18.619 h |
| August | 18.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 88 | 13.4 | 16.016 h |
| September | 13.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 58 | 11.6 | 13.013 h |
| October | 5.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 55 | 11.5 | 10.110 h |
| November | -0.1°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 49 | 10.9 | 7.27 h |
| December | -3.4°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 41 | 11.4 | 5.45 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
- Joensuu in AprilFinland · 254 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -2.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Saint Petersburg in AprilRussia · 300 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -0.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Kolpino in AprilRussia · 305 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Pushkin in AprilRussia · 315 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Peterhof in AprilRussia · 320 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 0.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Vyborg in AprilRussia · 322 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -0.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Gatchina in AprilRussia · 336 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Lappeenranta in AprilFinland · 337 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 33 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 Petrozavodsk) is explained once on the Petrozavodsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.