Climate averages 1991–2020
Žilina weather
in April.
A cool, 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 cool month in Žilina: daytime highs average 13.6°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Banská Bystrica (62 km away). In April its highs average 14.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Žilina, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Žilina ranks 6th of 6 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 6 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 6 cities is 14.9°C; Žilina is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 98 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
Žilina 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 | 63 | 12.1 | 8.79 h |
| February | 2.6°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 60 | 11.4 | 10.110 h |
| March | 7.1°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 68 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 13.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 67 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 98 | 15.2 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 106 | 15.4 | 16.216 h |
| July | 23.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 116 | 16.0 | 15.816 h |
| August | 23.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 92 | 12.7 | 14.414 h |
| September | 18.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 83 | 12.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 69 | 11.0 | 10.811 h |
| November | 6.9°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 63 | 11.4 | 9.29 h |
| December | 1.7°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 64 | 12.1 | 8.38 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
- Banská Bystrica in AprilSlovakia · 62 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 3.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Havířov in AprilCzechia · 66 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Bielsko-Biala in AprilPoland · 70 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Ostrava in AprilCzechia · 76 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Zlín in AprilCzechia · 78 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Jastrzębie Zdrój in AprilPoland · 82 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Rybnik in AprilPoland · 98 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Tychy in AprilPoland · 103 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.6°C · 50 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 Žilina) is explained once on the Žilina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.