Climate averages 1991–2020
Kharkiv weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Kharkiv: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Belgorod (73 km away). In April its highs average 13.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kharkiv, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Kharkiv ranks joint 32nd of 59 for the warmest April highs and joint 17th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 14.0°C; Kharkiv is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 53 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
Kharkiv climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.4°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 40 | 9.6 | 8.69 h |
| February | -1.1°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 35 | 8.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | 4.8°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 44 | 9.7 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 13.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 42 | 9.2 | 13.714 h |
| May | 20.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 53 | 10.3 | 15.415 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 61 | 10.2 | 16.316 h |
| July | 26.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 58 | 10.3 | 15.916 h |
| August | 25.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 43 | 6.8 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 45 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 44 | 7.6 | 10.811 h |
| November | 3.9°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 38 | 7.4 | 9.19 h |
| December | -0.8°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 43 | 8.7 | 8.28 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
- Belgorod in AprilRussia · 73 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Poltava in AprilUkraine · 130 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Sumy in AprilUkraine · 146 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Slovyansk in AprilUkraine · 159 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Pavlohrad in AprilUkraine · 164 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Samar in AprilUkraine · 167 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Kramatorsk in AprilUkraine · 168 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Gubkin in AprilRussia · 171 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.1°C · 42 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 Kharkiv) is explained once on the Kharkiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.