Climate averages 1991–2020
Bratislava weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Bratislava: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vienna (55 km away). In April its highs average 15.7°C, about as warm as Bratislava, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Bratislava ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 6 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 6 cities is 14.9°C; Bratislava is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 68 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
Bratislava climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 35 | 7.9 | 8.89 h |
| February | 5.5°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 33 | 7.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.2°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 42 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.0°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 44 | 8.1 | 13.614 h |
| May | 20.4°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 68 | 11.1 | 15.215 h |
| June | 24.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 73 | 11.3 | 16.016 h |
| July | 26.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 78 | 11.6 | 15.616 h |
| August | 26.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 67 | 9.5 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 67 | 9.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 47 | 8.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 46 | 8.8 | 9.39 h |
| December | 3.6°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 40 | 8.4 | 8.48 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
- Vienna in AprilAustria · 55 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Győr in AprilHungary · 65 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Nitra in AprilSlovakia · 75 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Szombathely in AprilHungary · 108 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Brno in AprilCzechia · 122 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Zlín in AprilCzechia · 127 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Székesfehérvár in AprilHungary · 144 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Olomouc in AprilCzechia · 161 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 42 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 Bratislava) is explained once on the Bratislava year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.