Sokhumi weather in April

In April, Sokhumi sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 114 mm of precipitation across 13 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Sokhumi's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sokhumi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 114 mm; 13 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 5:41 AM – 6:51 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 8th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.78 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Sokhumi is capital of Abkhazia, considered part of Georgia by most countries.

Density: 2,424/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~550 BCE

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 14°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical April day in Sokhumi reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 5°C warmer than March and about 5°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	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10

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

Sokhumi weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 12th-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° / 2°	138	15	7	9.2	1.1
Feb	8° / 2°	119	14	6.9	10.2	1.3
Mar	11° / 4°	140	15.6	4.5	11.6	2.4
Apr	16° / 8°	114	13	0.3	13.1	4.5
May	20° / 13°	122	13.4	0	14.4	6.0
Jun	24° / 17°	125	13.8	0	15.1	6.5
Jul	26° / 20°	124	14.8	0	14.8	6.3
Aug	27° / 20°	119	13.6	0	13.8	6.6
Sep	24° / 17°	116	11.2	0	12.3	7.1
Oct	20° / 13°	124	11.3	0	10.8	6.2
Nov	14° / 8°	126	11.8	1.4	9.5	4.0
Dec	10° / 4°	139	14.4	3.6	8.9	2.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 57%.

	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 (%)	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	44	45	45	46	46
Cloudier (%)	57	57	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	58	58	57	57	56	56	55	55	54	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	46	54
30	46	54

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Sokhumi gets around 114 mm of rain and snow over 13 wet days in April, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 44% and peaks near 47% 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 (%)	43	43	43	43	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	45	46	46	46	47	46	46	46	45	45	44	44	44	44	43	43	43
Snow chance (%)	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	4
2	43	4
3	43	3
4	43	3
5	42	3
6	43	2
7	43	2
8	43	2
9	43	2
10	43	2
11	43	1
12	44	1
13	44	1
14	45	1
15	46	1
16	46	1
17	46	1
18	47	1
19	46	1
20	46	1
21	46	1
22	45	0
23	45	0
24	44	0
25	44	0
26	44	0
27	44	0
28	43	0
29	43	0
30	43	0

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 99% 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	99	99	99	98	98	97	96	95	94
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	5	6

	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	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	95	5
30	94	6

Wind in April

Winds average 6 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 48 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 6:08 AM to 5:19 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 7:08 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)	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:08	6:06	6:04	6:02	6:00	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:46	5:44	5:43	5:41	5:39	5:38	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:23	5:22	5:20	5:19
Sunset (PM)	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:06	7:07	7:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:08	6:34
2	12.5	6:06	6:35
3	12.5	6:04	6:36
4	12.6	6:02	6:37
5	12.6	6:00	6:39
6	12.7	5:59	6:40
7	12.7	5:57	6:41
8	12.8	5:55	6:42
9	12.8	5:53	6:43
10	12.9	5:51	6:44
11	12.9	5:50	6:46
12	13.0	5:48	6:47
13	13.0	5:46	6:48
14	13.1	5:44	6:49
15	13.1	5:43	6:50
16	13.2	5:41	6:51
17	13.2	5:39	6:53
18	13.3	5:38	6:54
19	13.3	5:36	6:55
20	13.4	5:34	6:56
21	13.4	5:33	6:57
22	13.5	5:31	6:59
23	13.5	5:30	7:00
24	13.5	5:28	7:01
25	13.6	5:26	7:02
26	13.6	5:25	7:03
27	13.7	5:23	7:04
28	13.7	5:22	7:06
29	13.8	5:20	7:07
30	13.8	5:19	7:08

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.38 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.78 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)	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2
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	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Sokhumi?

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

0.5

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Sokhumi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sokhumi in April

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

In April, Sokhumi sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Sokhumi in April

The nearest coast averages about 12°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 16 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 9°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 4 to Oct 20 — about 4.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	10	9	9	12	17	22	25	26	24	21	17	13
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	9	Bracing
Mar	9	Bracing
Apr	12	Bracing
May	17	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	24	Warm
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	13	Bracing

UV index in Sokhumi in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sokhumi peaks around July 13 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	6	7	9	9	9	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Sokhumi?

Sokhumi sits at 43.0°N, 41.0°E, 21 m above sea level, in Georgia. The nearest listed city is Stantsiya Novyy Afon, 15 km away.

Topography around Sokhumi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sokhumi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 173 m around an average of 28 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,300 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,769 m.

The land around Sokhumi is covered by trees (53%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and water (45%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

173 m

trees 53%

16 km

1,300 m

trees 52%

80 km

3,769 m

trees 46%

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

April weather nearby: Stantsiya Novyy Afon 15 km · Zugdidi 91 km · Adler 98 km · Kudepsta 104 km · Zelenchukskaya 106 km · Khosta 107 km · Poti 111 km · Karachayevsk 113 km

Georgia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $9,692; 2025
Happiness: 5.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 71%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2; per 100k, 2019
Road deaths: 12.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 541
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 Sokhumi (43.007°, 40.9893°, elevation 21 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	6
2	14	6
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	15	7
11	15	7
12	15	7
13	16	8
14	16	8
15	16	8
16	16	8
17	16	8
18	16	8
19	16	8
20	16	8
21	16	9
22	16	9
23	16	9
24	17	9
25	17	9
26	17	9
27	17	9
28	17	10
29	17	10
30	17	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	46	54
30	46	54

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	4
2	43	4
3	43	3
4	43	3
5	42	3
6	43	2
7	43	2
8	43	2
9	43	2
10	43	2
11	43	1
12	44	1
13	44	1
14	45	1
15	46	1
16	46	1
17	46	1
18	47	1
19	46	1
20	46	1
21	46	1
22	45	0
23	45	0
24	44	0
25	44	0
26	44	0
27	44	0
28	43	0
29	43	0
30	43	0

	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	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	95	5
30	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	46	54
30	46	54

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	4
2	43	4
3	43	3
4	43	3
5	42	3
6	43	2
7	43	2
8	43	2
9	43	2
10	43	2
11	43	1
12	44	1
13	44	1
14	45	1
15	46	1
16	46	1
17	46	1
18	47	1
19	46	1
20	46	1
21	46	1
22	45	0
23	45	0
24	44	0
25	44	0
26	44	0
27	44	0
28	43	0
29	43	0
30	43	0

	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	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	95	5
30	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	46	54
30	46	54

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	4
2	43	4
3	43	3
4	43	3
5	42	3
6	43	2
7	43	2
8	43	2
9	43	2
10	43	2
11	43	1
12	44	1
13	44	1
14	45	1
15	46	1
16	46	1
17	46	1
18	47	1
19	46	1
20	46	1
21	46	1
22	45	0
23	45	0
24	44	0
25	44	0
26	44	0
27	44	0
28	43	0
29	43	0
30	43	0

	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	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	95	5
30	94	6