Climate averages 1991–2020
Shakhtarsk weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Shakhtarsk: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yenakiyeve (27 km away). In April its highs average 14.1°C, about as warm as Shakhtarsk, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Shakhtarsk ranks joint 24th of 59 for the warmest April highs and joint 40th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 14.0°C; Shakhtarsk is level with that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 57 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
Shakhtarsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.7°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 42 | 9.0 | 8.99 h |
| February | -0.4°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 37 | 7.6 | 10.210 h |
| March | 5.6°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 43 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.0°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 47 | 9.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 20.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 57 | 10.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 57 | 9.6 | 16.016 h |
| July | 27.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 44 | 8.0 | 15.616 h |
| August | 27.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 32 | 5.5 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 40 | 6.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 38 | 6.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.8°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 37 | 7.0 | 9.39 h |
| December | -0.2°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 43 | 8.7 | 8.58 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
- Yenakiyeve in AprilUkraine · 27 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Khrustalnyi in AprilUkraine · 37 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 3.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Makiyivka in AprilUkraine · 38 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Horlivka in AprilUkraine · 41 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Donetsk in AprilUkraine · 47 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Alchevsk in AprilUkraine · 53 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Kadiyivka in AprilUkraine · 59 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Bakhmut in AprilUkraine · 68 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.7°C · 48 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 Shakhtarsk) is explained once on the Shakhtarsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.