Climate averages 1991–2020
Kars weather
in April.
A cool, 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 cool month in Kars: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about -0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 16 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gyumri (68 km away). In April its highs average 11.4°C, about as warm as Kars, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kars ranks 133rd of 138 for the warmest April highs and joint 123rd of 138 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 138 cities is 17.3°C; Kars is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 16.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 126 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
Kars climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.5°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 35 | 7.4 | 9.610 h |
| February | 0.2°C-11.7°C | -11.7°C | 40 | 8.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 5.0°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 66 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 11.3°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 99 | 16.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 16.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 126 | 21.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 20.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 90 | 15.9 | 15.015 h |
| July | 23.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 60 | 12.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 24.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 48 | 11.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 20.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 34 | 7.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 49 | 8.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.4°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 36 | 6.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 0.5°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 36 | 7.2 | 9.39 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
- Gyumri in AprilArmenia · 68 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 0.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Ağrı in AprilTurkey · 98 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Iğdır in AprilTurkey · 111 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Vanadzor in AprilArmenia · 121 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.4°C · 137 mm rain
- Yerevan in AprilArmenia · 130 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in AprilTurkey · 145 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Patnos in AprilTurkey · 154 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 0.3°C · 101 mm rain
- Batumi in AprilGeorgia · 168 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 98 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 Kars) is explained once on the Kars year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.