Climate averages 1991–2020
Sochi weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet 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 Sochi: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adler (25 km away). In April its highs average 15.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than Sochi, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Sochi ranks joint 18th of 236 for the warmest April highs and 231st of 236 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 236 cities is 9.5°C; Sochi is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 81 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
Sochi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 145 | 15.1 | 9.39 h |
| February | 7.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 109 | 12.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 10.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 112 | 13.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 87 | 10.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 81 | 10.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 72 | 9.5 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 80 | 9.9 | 15.115 h |
| August | 26.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 66 | 9.2 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 112 | 9.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 134 | 10.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 130 | 10.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 9.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 146 | 14.2 | 9.09 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
- Adler in AprilRussia · 25 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 97 mm rain
- Maykop in AprilRussia · 116 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Krasnodar in AprilRussia · 172 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Armavir in AprilRussia · 191 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Cherkessk in AprilRussia · 199 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 3.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Novorossiysk in AprilRussia · 201 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in AprilRussia · 211 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 4.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Kropotkin in AprilRussia · 215 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 51 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 Sochi) is explained once on the Sochi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.