Gherla weather in April

In April, Gherla sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 65 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 19°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 Gherla's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gherla's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 65 mm; 12 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 5:44 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 6th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Gherla is locality in Cluj County, Romania.

Founded: 1291

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 19°C by the end.

A typical April day in Gherla 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 10°C and 22°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	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8

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

How April really feels in Gherla

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 2 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.

Gherla 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	1° / -6°	37	8.5	6	8.7	0.0
Feb	3° / -4°	37	8.5	4.8	10	0.0
Mar	10° / -0°	50	10.3	2.6	11.6	2.0
Apr	16° / 5°	65	12	0.8	13.3	4.7
May	21° / 10°	88	14.7	0	14.8	5.8
Jun	24° / 13°	104	14.5	0	15.6	6.2
Jul	26° / 15°	96	14.1	0	15.3	6.2
Aug	26° / 14°	78	11	0	14	6.8
Sep	21° / 10°	72	9.8	0	12.4	6.6
Oct	15° / 5°	59	8.8	0.1	10.6	4.7
Nov	8° / 0°	45	9	2.5	9.1	1.4
Dec	2° / -4°	46	9.1	4.7	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 17% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

	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	43	42	42	42	41	42	41	40	40	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	45	45	47	47	48	49	49	50	50	50	50	50
Cloudier (%)	57	57	57	58	58	58	59	58	59	60	60	60	60	59	59	58	58	57	55	55	53	53	52	51	51	50	50	50	50	50

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Gherla gets around 65 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 41% and peaks near 45% 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 (%)	35	35	36	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	44	44	45	44	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	40	40	39	39	40	40	40
Snow chance (%)	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	4
2	35	4
3	36	4
4	36	4
5	37	3
6	38	3
7	39	3
8	40	4
9	41	4
10	42	4
11	43	4
12	44	4
13	44	4
14	44	4
15	45	4
16	44	4
17	44	4
18	44	3
19	43	3
20	43	3
21	42	3
22	42	2
23	41	2
24	40	2
25	40	1
26	39	1
27	39	1
28	40	1
29	40	0
30	40	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	99	99	99	99	98	98
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	1	1	1	1	2	2

	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	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2

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)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	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	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	12.8	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	13.9	14.0	14.0	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	6:48	6:50	6:51	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:57	6:58	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:04	7:05	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:11	7:12	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:23	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	6:48
5	12.7	6:06	6:50
6	12.8	6:04	6:51
7	12.8	6:02	6:53
8	12.9	6:00	6:54
9	13.0	5:58	6:55
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	7:02
15	13.3	5:46	7:04
16	13.4	5:44	7:05
17	13.4	5:42	7:07
18	13.5	5:40	7:08
19	13.5	5:38	7:09
20	13.6	5:36	7:11
21	13.6	5:35	7:12
22	13.7	5:33	7:14
23	13.7	5:31	7:15
24	13.8	5:29	7:16
25	13.8	5:27	7:18
26	13.9	5:26	7:19
27	13.9	5:24	7:20
28	14.0	5:22	7:22
29	14.0	5:20	7:23
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 4.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.03 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.83 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)	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5
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	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Gherla?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.8

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Gherla for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gherla in April

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

In April, Gherla sees daytime highs around 16°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 Gherla 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 Gherla 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 Gherla?

Gherla sits at 47.0°N, 23.9°E, 250 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Dej, 14 km away.

Topography around Gherla

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gherla has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 293 m around an average of 294 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 406 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,895 m.

The land around Gherla is covered by grassland (36%), cropland (29%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

293 m

grassland 36%

16 km

406 m

grassland 48%

80 km

1,895 m

trees 43%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

April weather nearby: Dej 14 km · Cluj-Napoca 38 km · Bistriţa 46 km · Turda 53 km · Câmpia Turzii 54 km · Luduş 63 km · Reghin-Sat 67 km · Zalău 68 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
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 Gherla (47.0333°, 23.9167°, elevation 250 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	14	3
4	14	3
5	14	3
6	14	3
7	14	4
8	14	4
9	15	4
10	15	4
11	15	4
12	15	4
13	15	4
14	15	5
15	15	5
16	16	5
17	16	5
18	16	5
19	16	5
20	17	6
21	17	6
22	17	6
23	17	6
24	18	6
25	18	7
26	18	7
27	19	7
28	19	7
29	19	7
30	19	8

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	4
2	35	4
3	36	4
4	36	4
5	37	3
6	38	3
7	39	3
8	40	4
9	41	4
10	42	4
11	43	4
12	44	4
13	44	4
14	44	4
15	45	4
16	44	4
17	44	4
18	44	3
19	43	3
20	43	3
21	42	3
22	42	2
23	41	2
24	40	2
25	40	1
26	39	1
27	39	1
28	40	1
29	40	0
30	40	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	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	4
2	35	4
3	36	4
4	36	4
5	37	3
6	38	3
7	39	3
8	40	4
9	41	4
10	42	4
11	43	4
12	44	4
13	44	4
14	44	4
15	45	4
16	44	4
17	44	4
18	44	3
19	43	3
20	43	3
21	42	3
22	42	2
23	41	2
24	40	2
25	40	1
26	39	1
27	39	1
28	40	1
29	40	0
30	40	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	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	4
2	35	4
3	36	4
4	36	4
5	37	3
6	38	3
7	39	3
8	40	4
9	41	4
10	42	4
11	43	4
12	44	4
13	44	4
14	44	4
15	45	4
16	44	4
17	44	4
18	44	3
19	43	3
20	43	3
21	42	3
22	42	2
23	41	2
24	40	2
25	40	1
26	39	1
27	39	1
28	40	1
29	40	0
30	40	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	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	98	2
30	98	2