Gjilan weather in April

In April, Gjilan sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 79 mm of precipitation across 13.1 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 Gjilan's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gjilan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 79 mm; 13.1 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 5:00 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 7th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Gjilan is city in Kosovo.

Density: 101/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 14°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical April day in Gjilan reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°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	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7

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

How April really feels in Gjilan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Gjilan weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / -4°	50	9.6	6.7	9.2	0.0
Feb	6° / -2°	51	9.2	6.6	10.3	0.5
Mar	11° / 1°	71	11.6	4.6	11.6	2.6
Apr	16° / 5°	79	13.1	1.3	13.1	4.5
May	21° / 9°	84	14.5	0	14.4	5.8
Jun	25° / 13°	73	12.6	0	15	6.6
Jul	27° / 14°	54	9.2	0	14.8	6.9
Aug	28° / 14°	46	8.2	0	13.7	6.9
Sep	23° / 11°	55	8.5	0	12.3	7.1
Oct	17° / 6°	58	7.8	0.6	10.8	5.5
Nov	10° / 2°	57	9.6	2.9	9.6	2.3
Dec	4° / -2°	66	10.7	6.4	8.9	0.1

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 55%.

	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 (%)	44	44	44	44	43	43	44	43	43	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	45	47	47	47	48	48	49	48	48	48	49	49
Cloudier (%)	56	56	56	56	57	57	56	57	57	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	56	56	55	53	53	53	52	52	51	52	52	52	51	51

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Gjilan gets around 79 mm of rain and snow over 13.1 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 44% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 (%)	40	40	41	42	42	43	44	45	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	45	45	44	43	43	42	42	42	41	41	42	42
Snow chance (%)	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	8
2	40	8
3	41	7
4	42	7
5	42	7
6	43	7
7	44	7
8	45	7
9	46	7
10	46	6
11	47	6
12	47	6
13	47	6
14	47	6
15	47	6
16	47	5
17	46	5
18	46	5
19	45	4
20	45	4
21	44	3
22	43	3
23	43	2
24	42	2
25	42	2
26	42	1
27	41	1
28	41	1
29	42	1
30	42	1

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	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	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

	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	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	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 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	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 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 5:26 AM to 4:38 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 6:25 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	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:26	5:24	5:22	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:12	5:10	5:08	5:07	5:05	5:03	5:01	5:00	4:58	4:56	4:55	4:53	4:52	4:50	4:48	4:47	4:45	4:44	4:42	4:41	4:39	4:38
Sunset (PM)	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:26	5:52
2	12.5	5:24	5:53
3	12.5	5:22	5:54
4	12.6	5:21	5:55
5	12.6	5:19	5:56
6	12.7	5:17	5:57
7	12.7	5:15	5:59
8	12.8	5:13	6:00
9	12.8	5:12	6:01
10	12.9	5:10	6:02
11	12.9	5:08	6:03
12	13.0	5:07	6:04
13	13.0	5:05	6:05
14	13.1	5:03	6:07
15	13.1	5:01	6:08
16	13.2	5:00	6:09
17	13.2	4:58	6:10
18	13.2	4:56	6:11
19	13.3	4:55	6:12
20	13.3	4:53	6:13
21	13.4	4:52	6:15
22	13.4	4:50	6:16
23	13.5	4:48	6:17
24	13.5	4:47	6:18
25	13.6	4:45	6:19
26	13.6	4:44	6:20
27	13.7	4:42	6:22
28	13.7	4:41	6:23
29	13.7	4:39	6:24
30	13.8	4:38	6:25

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.45 kWh/m² to a high of 6.5 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 5.07 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)	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	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	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6
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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Gjilan?

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

0.7

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Gjilan for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gjilan in April

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

In April, Gjilan sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gjilan in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gjilan peaks around July 12 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 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	3	5	8	7	9	9	8	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Gjilan?

Gjilan sits at 42.5°N, 21.5°E, 513 m above sea level, in Kosovo. The nearest listed city is Vitina, 18 km away.

Topography around Gjilan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gjilan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m around an average of 528 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 643 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,519 m.

The land around Gjilan is covered by cropland (38%), artificial surfaces (35%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (46%), grassland (30%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

185 m

cropland 38%

16 km

643 m

trees 46%

80 km

2,519 m

trees 54%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

April weather nearby: Vitina 18 km · Ferizaj 28 km · Pristina 34 km · Lipkovo 35 km · Shtime 35 km · Vranje 37 km · Kosovo Polje 38 km · Staro Nagoričane 41 km

Kosovo travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $7,899; 2025
Homicide rate: 1.9; per 100k, 2021
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
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 Gjilan (42.4605°, 21.4699°, elevation 513 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	13	3
2	14	3
3	14	3
4	14	3
5	14	3
6	14	4
7	14	4
8	14	4
9	15	4
10	15	4
11	15	4
12	15	4
13	15	4
14	15	4
15	15	4
16	16	5
17	16	5
18	16	5
19	16	5
20	16	5
21	17	5
22	17	6
23	17	6
24	17	6
25	18	6
26	18	6
27	18	6
28	18	7
29	18	7
30	19	7

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	8
2	40	8
3	41	7
4	42	7
5	42	7
6	43	7
7	44	7
8	45	7
9	46	7
10	46	6
11	47	6
12	47	6
13	47	6
14	47	6
15	47	6
16	47	5
17	46	5
18	46	5
19	45	4
20	45	4
21	44	3
22	43	3
23	43	2
24	42	2
25	42	2
26	42	1
27	41	1
28	41	1
29	42	1
30	42	1

	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	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	8
2	40	8
3	41	7
4	42	7
5	42	7
6	43	7
7	44	7
8	45	7
9	46	7
10	46	6
11	47	6
12	47	6
13	47	6
14	47	6
15	47	6
16	47	5
17	46	5
18	46	5
19	45	4
20	45	4
21	44	3
22	43	3
23	43	2
24	42	2
25	42	2
26	42	1
27	41	1
28	41	1
29	42	1
30	42	1

	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	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	8
2	40	8
3	41	7
4	42	7
5	42	7
6	43	7
7	44	7
8	45	7
9	46	7
10	46	6
11	47	6
12	47	6
13	47	6
14	47	6
15	47	6
16	47	5
17	46	5
18	46	5
19	45	4
20	45	4
21	44	3
22	43	3
23	43	2
24	42	2
25	42	2
26	42	1
27	41	1
28	41	1
29	42	1
30	42	1

	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	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1