Kavala weather in April

In April, Kavala sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 55 mm of precipitation across 8.9 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-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 38% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Kavala's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kavala's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 55 mm; 8.9 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 5:50 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 7th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.24 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Kavala is city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit.

Density: 480/km²; people per km²

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 13°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical April day in Kavala reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 6°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 4°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	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12

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

Kavala weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 7th-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° / 4°	83	9.2	2	9.4	1.5
Feb	9° / 4°	72	8.7	1.7	10.4	1.9
Mar	11° / 6°	78	10.5	1.2	11.7	2.9
Apr	15° / 10°	55	8.9	0.1	13.1	4.7
May	20° / 14°	51	9	0	14.3	6.6
Jun	24° / 18°	37	7	0	14.9	7.7
Jul	27° / 21°	26	5.1	0	14.6	7.9
Aug	27° / 21°	18	3.8	0	13.6	8.0
Sep	23° / 18°	38	5.9	0	12.3	7.9
Oct	19° / 13°	64	7.2	0	10.9	6.5
Nov	14° / 9°	101	9	0.2	9.7	4.1
Dec	9° / 5°	118	10	1.4	9.1	2.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% 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 (%)	50	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	54	54	55	56	56	57	57	57	57	58	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	60
Cloudier (%)	50	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	46	46	45	44	44	43	43	43	43	42	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Kavala gets around 55 mm of rain and snow over 8.9 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 30% and peaks near 32% 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 (%)	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	28	28

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

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 96% 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	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	96	96	95	94	93	92	90	89	88	86	85	83
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	13	14	16
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	100	0	0
3	100	0	0
4	100	0	0
5	100	0	0
6	100	0	0
7	100	0	0
8	100	0	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	99	1	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	98	2	0
15	98	2	0
16	98	2	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	96	4	0
20	96	4	0
21	95	5	0
22	94	6	0
23	93	7	0
24	92	8	0
25	90	9	1
26	89	10	1
27	88	11	1
28	86	13	1
29	85	14	1
30	83	16	1

Wind in April

Winds average 8 km/h in April.

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 5:29 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 7:10 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	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:01	6:00	5:58	5:56	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:45	5:44	5:42	5:41	5:39	5:38	5:36	5:35	5:33	5:32	5:30	5:29
Sunset (PM)	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:15	6:39
2	12.5	6:13	6:40
3	12.5	6:11	6:41
4	12.5	6:10	6:42
5	12.6	6:08	6:44
6	12.6	6:06	6:45
7	12.7	6:05	6:46
8	12.7	6:03	6:47
9	12.8	6:01	6:48
10	12.8	6:00	6:49
11	12.9	5:58	6:50
12	12.9	5:56	6:51
13	13.0	5:55	6:52
14	13.0	5:53	6:53
15	13.0	5:51	6:54
16	13.1	5:50	6:55
17	13.1	5:48	6:56
18	13.2	5:47	6:57
19	13.2	5:45	6:59
20	13.3	5:44	7:00
21	13.3	5:42	7:01
22	13.4	5:41	7:02
23	13.4	5:39	7:03
24	13.4	5:38	7:04
25	13.5	5:36	7:05
26	13.5	5:35	7:06
27	13.6	5:33	7:07
28	13.6	5:32	7:08
29	13.6	5:30	7:09
30	13.7	5:29	7:10

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.63 kWh/m² to a high of 6.71 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.24 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)	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8
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	4.6	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Kavala

In seasonPeak

In April, Kavala sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Kavala's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Kavala?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.4

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Kavala for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kavala in April

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

In April, Kavala sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kavala in April

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 26°C and coldest in February near 12°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 28 to Oct 20 — about 4.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	13	12	12	14	19	23	25	26	24	21	17	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	13	Bracing
Feb	12	Bracing
Mar	12	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	19	Cool
Jun	23	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	24	Refreshing
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	15	Bracing

UV index in Kavala 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 Kavala peaks around June 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (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)	2	2	4	7	7	9	9	9	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Kavala?

Kavala sits at 40.9°N, 24.4°E, 34 m above sea level, in Greece. The nearest listed city is Dráma, 32 km away.

Topography around Kavala

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kavala has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 480 m around an average of 100 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 972 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,182 m.

The land around Kavala is covered by water (37%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, water (37%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and trees (40%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

480 m

water 37%

16 km

972 m

water 37%

80 km

2,182 m

trees 40%

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

April weather nearby: Dráma 32 km · Xánthi 46 km · Sérres 74 km · Smolyan 75 km · Komotiní 86 km · Gotse Delchev 90 km · Kardzhali 112 km · Petrich 113 km

Greece travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 60% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $26,948; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 8.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 592
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 Kavala (40.9396°, 24.4069°, elevation 34 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	8
2	13	8
3	13	8
4	13	8
5	14	8
6	14	8
7	14	9
8	14	9
9	14	9
10	14	9
11	14	9
12	15	9
13	15	9
14	15	9
15	15	10
16	15	10
17	15	10
18	15	10
19	16	10
20	16	10
21	16	10
22	16	10
23	16	11
24	16	11
25	16	11
26	17	11
27	17	11
28	17	11
29	17	12
30	17	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	100	0	0
3	100	0	0
4	100	0	0
5	100	0	0
6	100	0	0
7	100	0	0
8	100	0	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	99	1	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	98	2	0
15	98	2	0
16	98	2	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	96	4	0
20	96	4	0
21	95	5	0
22	94	6	0
23	93	7	0
24	92	8	0
25	90	9	1
26	89	10	1
27	88	11	1
28	86	13	1
29	85	14	1
30	83	16	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	100	0	0
3	100	0	0
4	100	0	0
5	100	0	0
6	100	0	0
7	100	0	0
8	100	0	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	99	1	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	98	2	0
15	98	2	0
16	98	2	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	96	4	0
20	96	4	0
21	95	5	0
22	94	6	0
23	93	7	0
24	92	8	0
25	90	9	1
26	89	10	1
27	88	11	1
28	86	13	1
29	85	14	1
30	83	16	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	100	0	0
3	100	0	0
4	100	0	0
5	100	0	0
6	100	0	0
7	100	0	0
8	100	0	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	99	1	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	98	2	0
15	98	2	0
16	98	2	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	96	4	0
20	96	4	0
21	95	5	0
22	94	6	0
23	93	7	0
24	92	8	0
25	90	9	1
26	89	10	1
27	88	11	1
28	86	13	1
29	85	14	1
30	83	16	1