Polotsk weather in April

In April, Polotsk sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 46 mm of precipitation across 9.7 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of April to 14 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Polotsk's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Polotsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 46 mm; 9.7 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 48 min; 6:10 AM – 8:00 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 3.97 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.8; out of 10

Polotsk is city in Belarus.

Density: 2,166/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~780 CE

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical April day in Polotsk reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 8°C warmer than March and about 6°C cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	-1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	7	-1
2	8	0
3	8	0
4	8	0
5	8	0
6	9	1
7	9	1
8	9	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	11	2
14	11	2
15	11	2
16	11	2
17	12	3
18	12	3
19	12	3
20	13	3
21	13	3
22	13	4
23	14	4
24	14	4
25	14	4
26	14	4
27	15	5
28	15	5
29	15	5
30	15	5

How April really feels in Polotsk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 20 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Polotsk weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-2° / -7°	43	10.8	9.8	7.5	0.0
Feb	-2° / -7°	39	9.6	8.6	9.2	0.0
Mar	4° / -3°	39	9.4	5.7	11.4	0.1
Apr	11° / 2°	46	9.7	1.9	13.8	2.8
May	18° / 8°	64	11.5	0.2	15.9	5.5
Jun	21° / 12°	75	12.4	0	17.1	6.0
Jul	23° / 14°	87	13	0	16.6	6.4
Aug	22° / 12°	74	11.3	0	14.8	6.3
Sep	16° / 8°	61	10	0	12.5	4.9
Oct	9° / 4°	61	11.7	1.2	10.1	1.8
Nov	3° / -1°	49	10.4	4.5	8	0.0
Dec	-1° / -5°	43	10.6	8.9	6.9	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	33	34	34	35	36	36	38	38	39	39	40	41	42	41	42	42	43	43
Cloudier (%)	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	67	66	66	65	64	64	62	62	61	61	60	59	58	59	58	58	57	57

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	40	60
24	41	59
25	42	58
26	41	59
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	43	57
30	43	57

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Polotsk gets around 46 mm of rain and snow over 9.7 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 32% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	30	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	32	32	32	32
Snow chance (%)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	11
2	31	11
3	31	11
4	32	11
5	32	11
6	32	10
7	33	10
8	33	9
9	34	9
10	34	9
11	34	8
12	34	8
13	34	8
14	34	7
15	34	7
16	33	6
17	33	6
18	33	5
19	32	5
20	32	4
21	32	4
22	32	4
23	32	4
24	32	3
25	32	3
26	31	3
27	32	2
28	32	2
29	32	2
30	32	2

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in April

Winds average 12 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of April to 14 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 132 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:49 AM to 5:36 AM, and sunset from 7:30 PM to 8:28 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:49	6:46	6:44	6:41	6:38	6:36	6:33	6:31	6:28	6:25	6:23	6:20	6:18	6:15	6:12	6:10	6:07	6:05	6:02	6:00	5:57	5:55	5:52	5:50	5:48	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:38	5:36
Sunset (PM)	7:30	7:32	7:34	7:36	7:38	7:40	7:42	7:44	7:46	7:48	7:50	7:52	7:54	7:56	7:58	8:00	8:02	8:04	8:06	8:08	8:10	8:12	8:14	8:16	8:18	8:20	8:22	8:24	8:26	8:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	6:49	7:30
2	12.8	6:46	7:32
3	12.8	6:44	7:34
4	12.9	6:41	7:36
5	13.0	6:38	7:38
6	13.1	6:36	7:40
7	13.2	6:33	7:42
8	13.2	6:31	7:44
9	13.3	6:28	7:46
10	13.4	6:25	7:48
11	13.5	6:23	7:50
12	13.5	6:20	7:52
13	13.6	6:18	7:54
14	13.7	6:15	7:56
15	13.8	6:12	7:58
16	13.8	6:10	8:00
17	13.9	6:07	8:02
18	14.0	6:05	8:04
19	14.1	6:02	8:06
20	14.1	6:00	8:08
21	14.2	5:57	8:10
22	14.3	5:55	8:12
23	14.4	5:52	8:14
24	14.4	5:50	8:16
25	14.5	5:48	8:18
26	14.6	5:45	8:20
27	14.7	5:43	8:22
28	14.7	5:41	8:24
29	14.8	5:38	8:26
30	14.9	5:36	8:28

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 3.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.44 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 3.97 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.3	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	4.0	Moderate
17	4.0	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Polotsk?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.8

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Polotsk.

What to pack for Polotsk in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Polotsk sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Polotsk in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Polotsk peaks around July 13 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	2	3	5	6	6	5	4	2	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Moderate
Apr	3	Moderate
May	5	Moderate
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	5	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Polotsk?

Polotsk sits at 55.5°N, 28.8°E, 126 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Novopolotsk, 13 km away.

Topography around Polotsk

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Polotsk.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Polotsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 130 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 191 m.

The land around Polotsk is covered by trees (44%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, trees (70%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) within 80 km.

3 km

49 m

trees 44%

16 km

68 m

trees 70%

80 km

191 m

trees 65%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

← March Polotsk year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Novopolotsk 13 km · Lyepyel’ 68 km · Hlybokaye 79 km · Nevel’ 93 km · Vitebsk 96 km · Pastavy 130 km · Barysaw 141 km · Velikiye Luki 145 km

Belarus travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 30% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $10,279; 2025
Happiness: 5.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2021
Safe drinking water: 93%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2.4; per 100k, 2019
Road deaths: 7.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 533
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Polotsk (55.4879°, 28.7856°, elevation 126 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	7	-1
2	8	0
3	8	0
4	8	0
5	8	0
6	9	1
7	9	1
8	9	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	11	2
14	11	2
15	11	2
16	11	2
17	12	3
18	12	3
19	12	3
20	13	3
21	13	3
22	13	4
23	14	4
24	14	4
25	14	4
26	14	4
27	15	5
28	15	5
29	15	5
30	15	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	40	60
24	41	59
25	42	58
26	41	59
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	43	57
30	43	57

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	11
2	31	11
3	31	11
4	32	11
5	32	11
6	32	10
7	33	10
8	33	9
9	34	9
10	34	9
11	34	8
12	34	8
13	34	8
14	34	7
15	34	7
16	33	6
17	33	6
18	33	5
19	32	5
20	32	4
21	32	4
22	32	4
23	32	4
24	32	3
25	32	3
26	31	3
27	32	2
28	32	2
29	32	2
30	32	2

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	7	-1
2	8	0
3	8	0
4	8	0
5	8	0
6	9	1
7	9	1
8	9	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	11	2
14	11	2
15	11	2
16	11	2
17	12	3
18	12	3
19	12	3
20	13	3
21	13	3
22	13	4
23	14	4
24	14	4
25	14	4
26	14	4
27	15	5
28	15	5
29	15	5
30	15	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	40	60
24	41	59
25	42	58
26	41	59
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	43	57
30	43	57

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	11
2	31	11
3	31	11
4	32	11
5	32	11
6	32	10
7	33	10
8	33	9
9	34	9
10	34	9
11	34	8
12	34	8
13	34	8
14	34	7
15	34	7
16	33	6
17	33	6
18	33	5
19	32	5
20	32	4
21	32	4
22	32	4
23	32	4
24	32	3
25	32	3
26	31	3
27	32	2
28	32	2
29	32	2
30	32	2

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	7	-1
2	8	0
3	8	0
4	8	0
5	8	0
6	9	1
7	9	1
8	9	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	11	2
14	11	2
15	11	2
16	11	2
17	12	3
18	12	3
19	12	3
20	13	3
21	13	3
22	13	4
23	14	4
24	14	4
25	14	4
26	14	4
27	15	5
28	15	5
29	15	5
30	15	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	40	60
24	41	59
25	42	58
26	41	59
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	43	57
30	43	57

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	11
2	31	11
3	31	11
4	32	11
5	32	11
6	32	10
7	33	10
8	33	9
9	34	9
10	34	9
11	34	8
12	34	8
13	34	8
14	34	7
15	34	7
16	33	6
17	33	6
18	33	5
19	32	5
20	32	4
21	32	4
22	32	4
23	32	4
24	32	3
25	32	3
26	31	3
27	32	2
28	32	2
29	32	2
30	32	2

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100