Climate averages 1991–2020
Van weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Van: daytime highs average 12.1°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Erciş (59 km away). In April its highs average 10.5°C, 1.6°C cooler than Van, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Van ranks joint 130th of 138 for the warmest April highs and joint 71st of 138 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 138 cities is 17.3°C; Van is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 17.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 58 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
Van climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.6°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 33 | 7.4 | 9.810 h |
| February | 1.5°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 34 | 8.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 5.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 56 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 12.1°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 61 | 13.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 17.7°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 58 | 14.1 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 27 | 7.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 12 | 3.3 | 14.615 h |
| August | 28.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 6.6 | 1.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 12 | 2.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 32 | 7.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 33 | 6.8 | 10.110 h |
| December | 3.0°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 35 | 7.7 | 9.510 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
- Erciş in AprilTurkey · 59 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Patnos in AprilTurkey · 93 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 0.3°C · 101 mm rain
- Tatvan in AprilTurkey · 96 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 118 mm rain
- Hakkâri in AprilTurkey · 107 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 1.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Salmās in AprilIran · 125 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Yüksekova in AprilTurkey · 129 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.4°C · 111 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in AprilTurkey · 132 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Khūy in AprilIran · 137 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 4.4°C · 61 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 Van) is explained once on the Van year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.