Dej weather in April

In April, Dej sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 68 mm of precipitation across 12 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°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 30 min at the start of April to 14 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Dej's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dej's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 68 mm; 12 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 5:44 AM – 7:06 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 6th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Dej is locality in Cluj County, Romania.

Air quality: Good; PM10 24.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded: 1061

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 18°C by the end.

A typical April day in Dej reaches about 15°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 21°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 6°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	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19
Avg low (°C)	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

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

How April really feels in Dej

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 1 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

The story in April is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Dej weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	0° / -5°	48	10	7.7	8.7	0.0
Feb	3° / -4°	46	9.7	5.9	10	0.0
Mar	9° / -0°	59	10.7	3.3	11.6	1.7
Apr	15° / 5°	68	12	0.8	13.3	4.4
May	20° / 9°	89	15	0	14.8	5.6
Jun	23° / 13°	101	14.5	0	15.6	6.2
Jul	25° / 14°	94	14.1	0	15.3	6.3
Aug	25° / 14°	69	10.6	0	14	6.9
Sep	20° / 10°	73	10.4	0	12.4	6.3
Oct	14° / 5°	65	9.8	0.3	10.6	4.3
Nov	8° / 1°	54	9.7	3.1	9.1	1.2
Dec	2° / -3°	57	10	5.7	8.4	0.0

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 16% 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 (%)	41	41	41	40	41	40	40	40	39	38	38	38	38	38	39	40	42	42	44	44	46	47	48	50	50	50	51	51	51	51
Cloudier (%)	59	59	59	60	59	60	60	60	61	62	62	62	62	62	61	60	58	58	56	56	54	53	52	50	50	50	49	49	49	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	46	54
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Dej gets around 68 mm of rain and snow over 12 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 40% and peaks near 44% 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 (%)	37	38	38	38	39	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	40	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	39
Snow chance (%)	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	6
2	38	5
3	38	5
4	38	5
5	39	4
6	40	4
7	41	4
8	41	4
9	42	4
10	43	4
11	43	4
12	44	4
13	44	4
14	44	4
15	43	4
16	43	4
17	42	3
18	42	3
19	41	3
20	41	3
21	40	2
22	40	2
23	39	2
24	38	1
25	38	1
26	38	1
27	38	1
28	38	0
29	38	0
30	39	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 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	99	99	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	1	1	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	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	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 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	9	9	9	9	9	9	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	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	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	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 30 min at the start of April to 14 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:14 AM to 5:19 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 7:25 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)	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:14	6:12	6:10	6:08	6:06	6:04	6:02	6:00	5:58	5:56	5:54	5:52	5:50	5:48	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:40	5:38	5:36	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:27	5:26	5:24	5:22	5:20	5:19
Sunset (PM)	6:44	6:46	6:47	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:57	6:58	7:00	7:01	7:03	7:04	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:10	7:11	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:17	7:18	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:24	7:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:14	6:44
2	12.6	6:12	6:46
3	12.6	6:10	6:47
4	12.7	6:08	6:49
5	12.7	6:06	6:50
6	12.8	6:04	6:51
7	12.9	6:02	6:53
8	12.9	6:00	6:54
9	13.0	5:58	6:56
10	13.0	5:56	6:57
11	13.1	5:54	6:58
12	13.1	5:52	7:00
13	13.2	5:50	7:01
14	13.2	5:48	7:03
15	13.3	5:46	7:04
16	13.4	5:44	7:06
17	13.4	5:42	7:07
18	13.5	5:40	7:08
19	13.5	5:38	7:10
20	13.6	5:36	7:11
21	13.6	5:35	7:13
22	13.7	5:33	7:14
23	13.7	5:31	7:15
24	13.8	5:29	7:17
25	13.8	5:27	7:18
26	13.9	5:26	7:20
27	14.0	5:24	7:21
28	14.0	5:22	7:22
29	14.1	5:20	7:24
30	14.1	5:19	7:25

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.99 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.76 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)	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4
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	4.1	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Dej?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.6

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Dej for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dej in April

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

In April, Dej sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Dej 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 Dej peaks around July 15 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 6 months of the year.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Dej?

Dej sits at 47.1°N, 23.9°E, 231 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Gherla, 14 km away.

Topography around Dej

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dej has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 205 m around an average of 278 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 588 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,127 m.

The land around Dej is covered by grassland (30%), trees (29%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

205 m

grassland 30%

16 km

588 m

trees 46%

80 km

2,127 m

trees 46%

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

April weather nearby: Gherla 14 km · Cluj-Napoca 47 km · Bistriţa 48 km · Baia Sprie 58 km · Baia Mare 61 km · Zalău 62 km · Turda 65 km · Câmpia Turzii 67 km

Romania travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 44% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $22,538; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 82%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.1; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 10.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 605
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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 Dej (47.15°, 23.8667°, elevation 231 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	2
2	13	3
3	13	3
4	13	3
5	13	3
6	13	3
7	14	4
8	14	4
9	14	4
10	14	4
11	14	4
12	14	4
13	15	4
14	15	5
15	15	5
16	15	5
17	15	5
18	16	5
19	16	5
20	16	5
21	16	6
22	17	6
23	17	6
24	17	6
25	17	6
26	18	7
27	18	7
28	18	7
29	18	7
30	19	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	46	54
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	6
2	38	5
3	38	5
4	38	5
5	39	4
6	40	4
7	41	4
8	41	4
9	42	4
10	43	4
11	43	4
12	44	4
13	44	4
14	44	4
15	43	4
16	43	4
17	42	3
18	42	3
19	41	3
20	41	3
21	40	2
22	40	2
23	39	2
24	38	1
25	38	1
26	38	1
27	38	1
28	38	0
29	38	0
30	39	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	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	46	54
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	6
2	38	5
3	38	5
4	38	5
5	39	4
6	40	4
7	41	4
8	41	4
9	42	4
10	43	4
11	43	4
12	44	4
13	44	4
14	44	4
15	43	4
16	43	4
17	42	3
18	42	3
19	41	3
20	41	3
21	40	2
22	40	2
23	39	2
24	38	1
25	38	1
26	38	1
27	38	1
28	38	0
29	38	0
30	39	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	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	46	54
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	6
2	38	5
3	38	5
4	38	5
5	39	4
6	40	4
7	41	4
8	41	4
9	42	4
10	43	4
11	43	4
12	44	4
13	44	4
14	44	4
15	43	4
16	43	4
17	42	3
18	42	3
19	41	3
20	41	3
21	40	2
22	40	2
23	39	2
24	38	1
25	38	1
26	38	1
27	38	1
28	38	0
29	38	0
30	39	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	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1