Climate averages 1991–2020
Niš weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Niš: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Leskovac (36 km away). In April its highs average 17.2°C, about as warm as Niš, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Serbia, Niš ranks joint 6th of 13 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 13 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 13 cities is 17.4°C; Niš is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 62 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
Niš climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 43 | 9.3 | 9.49 h |
| February | 7.2°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 40 | 8.4 | 10.510 h |
| March | 12.1°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 55 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 61 | 10.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.2°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 62 | 10.9 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 55 | 9.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 42 | 8.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 32 | 6.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 36 | 6.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 43 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 42 | 7.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | 5.7°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 50 | 9.4 | 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
- Leskovac in AprilSerbia · 36 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Kruševac in AprilSerbia · 54 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Pristina in AprilKosovo · 94 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in AprilKosovo · 97 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Kraljevo in AprilSerbia · 108 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 5.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Kragujevac in AprilSerbia · 111 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in AprilSerbia · 115 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Pernik in AprilBulgaria · 122 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 3.7°C · 54 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 Niš) is explained once on the Niš year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.