Climate averages 1991–2020
Chernihiv 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 Chernihiv: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 50 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Homyel' (105 km away). In April its highs average 12.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Chernihiv, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Chernihiv ranks joint 41st of 59 for the warmest April highs and joint 20th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 14.0°C; Chernihiv is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 62 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
Chernihiv climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.1°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 37 | 9.4 | 8.48 h |
| February | -0.9°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 34 | 8.6 | 9.910 h |
| March | 4.9°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 39 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 13.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 43 | 8.5 | 13.814 h |
| May | 19.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 62 | 11.2 | 15.616 h |
| June | 23.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 65 | 10.6 | 16.517 h |
| July | 24.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 82 | 12.2 | 16.116 h |
| August | 24.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 54 | 8.5 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 53 | 8.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.3°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 47 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| November | 4.1°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 41 | 8.4 | 8.99 h |
| December | -0.6°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 44 | 9.3 | 7.98 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
- Homyel' in AprilBelarus · 105 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Brovary in AprilUkraine · 116 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Kyiv in AprilUkraine · 128 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Konotop in AprilUkraine · 136 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Mazyr in AprilBelarus · 154 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Shostka in AprilUkraine · 156 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Zhlobin in AprilBelarus · 177 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Bila Tserkva in AprilUkraine · 207 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.3°C · 46 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 Chernihiv) is explained once on the Chernihiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.