Cres weather in April

In April, Cres sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 98 mm of precipitation across 10.6 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Cres's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cres's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 98 mm; 10.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 5:25 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 8th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.91 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical April day in Cres reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 3°C warmer than March and about 4°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)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13

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

Cres weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 5°	133	12.4	1.1	9	1.4
Feb	9° / 5°	130	11	1.6	10.1	1.7
Mar	12° / 7°	112	10.6	0.7	11.6	3.0
Apr	15° / 11°	98	10.6	0.1	13.2	4.5
May	19° / 15°	100	9.8	0	14.6	6.3
Jun	23° / 19°	64	6.9	0	15.3	7.6
Jul	26° / 21°	53	5.4	0	15.1	7.9
Aug	26° / 21°	76	6.3	0	13.9	7.8
Sep	22° / 17°	171	10	0	12.3	6.8
Oct	18° / 14°	186	12.7	0	10.7	5.5
Nov	13° / 10°	227	14.3	0.2	9.4	3.4
Dec	10° / 6°	177	13.1	1	8.6	1.9

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%.

	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 (%)	56	56	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	53	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	55
Cloudier (%)	44	44	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	47	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	55	45

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Cres gets around 98 mm of rain and snow over 10.6 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 36% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings 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 (%)	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	37	36	36	35	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	34
3	34
4	35
5	35
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	38
10	38
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	38
17	38
18	37
19	36
20	36
21	35
22	34
23	34
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33

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 97% 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	99	99	99	98	98	97	96	95	94	93	91	90	88	87	85
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	10	12	13	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	94	6
25	93	7
26	91	9
27	90	10
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	85	15

Wind in April

Winds average 11 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 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	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Feels	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	calm	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	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 13 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:53 AM to 5:01 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:58 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)	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:40	5:38	5:36	5:34	5:32	5:30	5:28	5:27	5:25	5:23	5:21	5:20	5:18	5:16	5:14	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:08	5:06	5:04	5:03	5:01
Sunset (PM)	6:21	6:22	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:57	6:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	5:53	6:21
2	12.5	5:51	6:22
3	12.6	5:49	6:24
4	12.6	5:47	6:25
5	12.7	5:45	6:26
6	12.7	5:43	6:27
7	12.8	5:41	6:29
8	12.8	5:40	6:30
9	12.9	5:38	6:31
10	12.9	5:36	6:33
11	13.0	5:34	6:34
12	13.1	5:32	6:35
13	13.1	5:30	6:36
14	13.2	5:28	6:38
15	13.2	5:27	6:39
16	13.3	5:25	6:40
17	13.3	5:23	6:42
18	13.4	5:21	6:43
19	13.4	5:20	6:44
20	13.5	5:18	6:45
21	13.5	5:16	6:47
22	13.6	5:14	6:48
23	13.6	5:13	6:49
24	13.7	5:11	6:51
25	13.7	5:09	6:52
26	13.8	5:08	6:53
27	13.8	5:06	6:54
28	13.9	5:04	6:56
29	13.9	5:03	6:57
30	13.9	5:01	6:58

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.5 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 4.91 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)	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.4	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Cres?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Cres for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cres in April

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

In April, Cres sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Cres in April

The nearest coast averages about 13°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 24°C and coldest in February near 11°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 8 to Oct 3 — about 3.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	12	11	11	13	17	21	24	24	21	19	16	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	12	Bracing
Feb	11	Bracing
Mar	11	Bracing
Apr	13	Bracing
May	17	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Refreshing
Aug	24	Warm
Sep	21	Refreshing
Oct	19	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Cres in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cres peaks around July 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	7	7	8	9	8	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Cres?

Cres sits at 45.0°N, 14.4°E, 0 m above sea level, in Croatia. The nearest listed city is Rijeka, 41 km away.

Topography around Cres

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cres has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 351 m around an average of 128 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 639 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,766 m.

The land around Cres is covered by trees (64%) and water (23%) within 3 km, water (66%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and water (43%) within 80 km.

3 km

351 m

trees 64%

16 km

639 m

water 66%

80 km

1,766 m

trees 47%

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

April weather nearby: Rijeka 41 km · Pula 46 km · Rovinj 63 km · Koper 84 km · Divača 88 km · Piran 91 km · Trieste 91 km · Postojna 92 km

Croatia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 53% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $27,104; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 87%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 7.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 617
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 Cres (44.9609°, 14.4125°, elevation 0 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	13	9
2	13	9
3	13	9
4	14	9
5	14	9
6	14	9
7	14	10
8	14	10
9	14	10
10	14	10
11	14	10
12	14	10
13	14	10
14	15	10
15	15	11
16	15	11
17	15	11
18	15	11
19	15	11
20	15	11
21	16	11
22	16	12
23	16	12
24	16	12
25	16	12
26	16	12
27	17	13
28	17	13
29	17	13
30	17	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	34
3	34
4	35
5	35
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	38
10	38
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	38
17	38
18	37
19	36
20	36
21	35
22	34
23	34
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	94	6
25	93	7
26	91	9
27	90	10
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	85	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	34
3	34
4	35
5	35
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	38
10	38
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	38
17	38
18	37
19	36
20	36
21	35
22	34
23	34
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	94	6
25	93	7
26	91	9
27	90	10
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	85	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	34
3	34
4	35
5	35
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	38
10	38
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	38
17	38
18	37
19	36
20	36
21	35
22	34
23	34
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	94	6
25	93	7
26	91	9
27	90	10
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	85	15