Climate averages 1991–2020
Košice weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Košice: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prešov (32 km away). In April its highs average 14.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Košice, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Košice ranks 3rd of 6 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 6 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 6 cities is 14.9°C; Košice is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 102 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
Košice climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 31 | 7.7 | 8.89 h |
| February | 3.2°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 37 | 8.5 | 10.110 h |
| March | 8.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 41 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 64 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| May | 19.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 102 | 14.6 | 15.215 h |
| June | 23.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 99 | 14.3 | 16.116 h |
| July | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 123 | 14.7 | 15.716 h |
| August | 25.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 89 | 11.7 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 69 | 9.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 59 | 8.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 45 | 9.3 | 9.29 h |
| December | 1.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 37 | 8.8 | 8.48 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
- Prešov in AprilSlovakia · 32 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 4.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Miskolc in AprilHungary · 77 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Uzhhorod in AprilUkraine · 77 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Nyíregyháza in AprilHungary · 91 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Nowy Sącz in AprilPoland · 109 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Mukachevo in AprilUkraine · 112 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 4.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Debrecen in AprilHungary · 134 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 6.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Tarnów in AprilPoland · 146 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.9°C · 60 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 Košice) is explained once on the Košice year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.