Climate averages 1991–2020
Balıkesir weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th 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 Balıkesir: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soma (57 km away). In April its highs average 18.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Balıkesir, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Balıkesir ranks joint 51st of 138 for the warmest April highs and joint 51st of 138 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 138 cities is 17.3°C; Balıkesir is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 41 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
Balıkesir climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 76 | 10.8 | 9.710 h |
| February | 10.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 72 | 10.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 13.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 67 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.1°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 53 | 8.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 41 | 7.3 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 30 | 6.1 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 11 | 2.4 | 14.715 h |
| August | 30.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 7.9 | 2.3 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 23 | 3.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 48 | 6.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 15.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 55 | 7.1 | 10.010 h |
| December | 10.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 80 | 10.9 | 9.49 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
- Soma in AprilTurkey · 57 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Mustafakemalpaşa in AprilTurkey · 62 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 7.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Bandırma in AprilTurkey · 79 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Akhisar in AprilTurkey · 81 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 7.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Nilüfer in AprilTurkey · 108 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Ayvalık in AprilTurkey · 109 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Bursa in AprilTurkey · 117 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Manisa in AprilTurkey · 122 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 65 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 Balıkesir) is explained once on the Balıkesir year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.