Budva weather in April

In April, Budva sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 148 mm of precipitation across 11.5 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-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 40% 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 Budva's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Budva's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 148 mm; 11.5 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 5:11 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 7th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Budva is city in Montenegro.

Density: 148/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~450 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 Budva 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Budva weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-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	10° / 7°	183	12.1	1	9.3	2.2
Feb	10° / 7°	186	11.8	1.2	10.3	2.3
Mar	12° / 9°	172	12.2	0.5	11.6	3.3
Apr	15° / 11°	148	11.5	0.1	13.1	4.6
May	20° / 16°	96	8.7	0	14.4	6.6
Jun	24° / 20°	60	7.1	0	15	7.8
Jul	26° / 23°	40	5.4	0	14.8	8.1
Aug	27° / 23°	56	5.7	0	13.7	7.9
Sep	23° / 19°	184	9.1	0	12.3	7.2
Oct	19° / 16°	230	11	0	10.8	6.2
Nov	15° / 12°	297	13.7	0.1	9.6	4.2
Dec	11° / 8°	247	14	0.7	9	2.6

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% 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 (%)	53	53	53	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	58	58	58
Cloudier (%)	47	47	47	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Budva gets around 148 mm of rain and snow over 11.5 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 39% and peaks near 43% 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 (%)	38	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	42	42	43	43	43	43	42	42	41	40	39	38	38	37	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	39
5	39
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	42
10	42
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	43
15	42
16	42
17	41
18	40
19	39
20	38
21	38
22	37
23	36
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
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 95% 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	99	99	99	98	98	97	97	96	95	93	92	90	89	87	85	83	80	78
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	5	7	8	10	11	13	15	17	19	21
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	0	0	0	0	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	100	0	0
10	100	0	0
11	100	0	0
12	100	0	0
13	99	1	0
14	99	1	0
15	99	1	0
16	98	2	0
17	98	2	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	96	4	0
21	95	5	0
22	93	7	0
23	92	8	0
24	90	10	0
25	89	11	0
26	87	13	0
27	85	15	0
28	83	17	0
29	80	19	1
30	78	21	1

Wind in April

Winds average 9 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	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 5:36 AM to 4:49 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:35 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	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:36	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:22	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:16	5:14	5:12	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:06	5:04	5:02	5:01	4:59	4:58	4:56	4:55	4:53	4:52	4:50	4:49
Sunset (PM)	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:36	6:02
2	12.5	5:35	6:03
3	12.5	5:33	6:04
4	12.6	5:31	6:06
5	12.6	5:29	6:07
6	12.7	5:28	6:08
7	12.7	5:26	6:09
8	12.8	5:24	6:10
9	12.8	5:22	6:11
10	12.9	5:21	6:12
11	12.9	5:19	6:14
12	13.0	5:17	6:15
13	13.0	5:16	6:16
14	13.1	5:14	6:17
15	13.1	5:12	6:18
16	13.1	5:11	6:19
17	13.2	5:09	6:20
18	13.2	5:07	6:21
19	13.3	5:06	6:23
20	13.3	5:04	6:24
21	13.4	5:02	6:25
22	13.4	5:01	6:26
23	13.5	4:59	6:27
24	13.5	4:58	6:28
25	13.6	4:56	6:29
26	13.6	4:55	6:31
27	13.6	4:53	6:32
28	13.7	4:52	6:33
29	13.7	4:50	6:34
30	13.8	4:49	6:35

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.89 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.14 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	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7
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	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Budva

In seasonPeak

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

Budva's rainy season runs September–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 Budva?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.4

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Budva for sightseeing.

What to pack for Budva in April

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

In April, Budva sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Budva in April

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 18 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 25 to Oct 30 — about 5.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	14	14	15	19	23	25	26	24	21	19	16
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	23	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	24	Refreshing
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Budva 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 Budva peaks around July 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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	7	7	9	9	9	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	7	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	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Budva?

Budva sits at 42.3°N, 18.8°E, 4 m above sea level, in Montenegro. The nearest listed city is Bečići, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Budva

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Budva has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 620 m around an average of 115 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,739 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,531 m.

The land around Budva is covered by trees (48%) and water (35%) within 3 km, water (42%) and trees (40%) within 16 km, and trees (41%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

620 m

trees 48%

16 km

1,739 m

water 42%

80 km

2,531 m

trees 41%

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

April weather nearby: Bečići 2.0 km · Cetinje 13 km · Kotor 16 km · Tivat 20 km · Perast 25 km · Bar 30 km · Herceg Novi 31 km · Podgorica 39 km

Montenegro travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $14,817; 2025
Happiness: 6.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 86%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 7.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
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 Budva (42.2872°, 18.8392°, elevation 4 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	14	10
2	14	10
3	14	10
4	14	10
5	14	10
6	14	10
7	14	10
8	14	11
9	14	11
10	15	11
11	15	11
12	15	11
13	15	11
14	15	11
15	15	11
16	15	11
17	15	11
18	15	12
19	16	12
20	16	12
21	16	12
22	16	12
23	16	12
24	16	12
25	17	13
26	17	13
27	17	13
28	17	13
29	17	13
30	17	13

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	39
5	39
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	42
10	42
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	43
15	42
16	42
17	41
18	40
19	39
20	38
21	38
22	37
23	36
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	33
29	33
30	33

	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	100	0	0
10	100	0	0
11	100	0	0
12	100	0	0
13	99	1	0
14	99	1	0
15	99	1	0
16	98	2	0
17	98	2	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	96	4	0
21	95	5	0
22	93	7	0
23	92	8	0
24	90	10	0
25	89	11	0
26	87	13	0
27	85	15	0
28	83	17	0
29	80	19	1
30	78	21	1

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	39
5	39
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	42
10	42
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	43
15	42
16	42
17	41
18	40
19	39
20	38
21	38
22	37
23	36
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	33
29	33
30	33

	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	100	0	0
10	100	0	0
11	100	0	0
12	100	0	0
13	99	1	0
14	99	1	0
15	99	1	0
16	98	2	0
17	98	2	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	96	4	0
21	95	5	0
22	93	7	0
23	92	8	0
24	90	10	0
25	89	11	0
26	87	13	0
27	85	15	0
28	83	17	0
29	80	19	1
30	78	21	1

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	39
5	39
6	40
7	40
8	41
9	42
10	42
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	43
15	42
16	42
17	41
18	40
19	39
20	38
21	38
22	37
23	36
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	33
29	33
30	33

	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	100	0	0
10	100	0	0
11	100	0	0
12	100	0	0
13	99	1	0
14	99	1	0
15	99	1	0
16	98	2	0
17	98	2	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	96	4	0
21	95	5	0
22	93	7	0
23	92	8	0
24	90	10	0
25	89	11	0
26	87	13	0
27	85	15	0
28	83	17	0
29	80	19	1
30	78	21	1