Climate averages 1991–2020
Vologda weather
in April.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 6th 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 Vologda: daytime highs average 7.5°C and nights cool to about -1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 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 26 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cherepovets (113 km away). In April its highs average 6.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Vologda, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vologda ranks 184th of 236 for the warmest April highs and joint 102nd of 236 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 236 cities is 9.5°C; Vologda is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.8°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 57 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
Vologda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.0°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 36 | 10.2 | 7.07 h |
| February | -6.2°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 30 | 8.3 | 9.29 h |
| March | -0.8°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 32 | 9.2 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 7.5°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 38 | 8.5 | 14.414 h |
| May | 15.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 57 | 11.4 | 16.917 h |
| June | 19.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 78 | 11.9 | 18.418 h |
| July | 21.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 82 | 13.1 | 17.818 h |
| August | 19.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 77 | 12.7 | 15.516 h |
| September | 13.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 60 | 11.1 | 12.913 h |
| October | 6.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 57 | 12.1 | 10.310 h |
| November | -1.0°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 46 | 10.2 | 7.88 h |
| December | -4.7°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 39 | 11.2 | 6.36 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
- Cherepovets in AprilRussia · 113 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -0.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Rybinsk in AprilRussia · 144 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 0.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Kostroma in AprilRussia · 173 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Yaroslavl in AprilRussia · 177 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Kineshma in AprilRussia · 238 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Ivanovo in AprilRussia · 255 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -0.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Kovrov in AprilRussia · 330 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Sergiyev Posad in AprilRussia · 340 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.4°C · 40 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 Vologda) is explained once on the Vologda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.