Dankov weather in April

In April, Dankov sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 44 mm of precipitation across 9.2 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 7°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of April to 14 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Dankov's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dankov's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 44 mm; 9.2 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 42 min; 5:33 AM – 7:14 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 6th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.25 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

Dankov is Dankovsky District, Lipetsk Oblast, Russia.

Density: 1,091/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1568

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 7°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical April day in Dankov reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 10°C warmer than March and about 8°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)	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17
Avg low (°C)	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	6	-2
2	6	-2
3	7	-1
4	7	-1
5	8	-1
6	8	0
7	9	0
8	9	0
9	9	1
10	10	1
11	10	1
12	11	1
13	11	2
14	11	2
15	12	2
16	12	2
17	13	3
18	13	3
19	13	3
20	14	3
21	14	4
22	14	4
23	15	4
24	15	4
25	15	5
26	15	5
27	16	5
28	16	5
29	16	6
30	17	6

How April really feels in Dankov

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 19 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.

Dankov weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-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	-5° / -10°	40	10.1	10.3	7.9	0.0
Feb	-4° / -10°	38	8.6	8.7	9.4	0.0
Mar	2° / -5°	36	8.8	6.9	11.5	0.0
Apr	12° / 2°	44	9.2	1.4	13.6	3.0
May	19° / 9°	54	10.3	0.1	15.6	6.2
Jun	23° / 13°	63	11	0	16.6	6.6
Jul	25° / 15°	66	11.7	0	16.2	6.7
Aug	24° / 13°	56	8.4	0	14.6	7.1
Sep	18° / 8°	52	9.1	0.1	12.4	5.5
Oct	10° / 3°	56	10	1.3	10.3	2.1
Nov	2° / -3°	41	8.4	5.1	8.4	0.0
Dec	-3° / -8°	40	9.7	9.5	7.4	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 66%.

	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 (%)	32	32	32	32	30	30	30	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	32	32	33	34	34	35	36	36	37	39	40	41	43	44	45
Cloudier (%)	68	68	68	68	70	70	70	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	69	68	68	67	66	66	65	64	64	63	61	60	59	57	56	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	31	69
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	39	61
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	43	57
29	44	56
30	45	55

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Dankov gets around 44 mm of rain and snow over 9.2 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 31% and peaks near 33% 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 (%)	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	28
Snow chance (%)	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	14
2	28	13
3	29	12
4	29	11
5	30	10
6	30	9
7	30	8
8	31	8
9	31	7
10	31	6
11	32	6
12	32	5
13	33	4
14	33	4
15	33	4
16	33	3
17	33	3
18	33	3
19	32	2
20	32	2
21	32	2
22	31	2
23	31	2
24	30	2
25	30	2
26	29	2
27	29	2
28	28	1
29	28	1
30	28	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	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in April

Winds average 13 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of April to 14 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 120 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:09 AM to 5:02 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 7:40 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)	12.6	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.6	14.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:09	6:07	6:04	6:02	5:59	5:57	5:54	5:52	5:50	5:47	5:45	5:42	5:40	5:38	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:15	5:12	5:10	5:08	5:06	5:04	5:02
Sunset (PM)	6:47	6:49	6:51	6:52	6:54	6:56	6:58	7:00	7:02	7:03	7:05	7:07	7:09	7:11	7:13	7:14	7:16	7:18	7:20	7:22	7:24	7:25	7:27	7:29	7:31	7:33	7:34	7:36	7:38	7:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:09	6:47
2	12.7	6:07	6:49
3	12.8	6:04	6:51
4	12.8	6:02	6:52
5	12.9	5:59	6:54
6	13.0	5:57	6:56
7	13.1	5:54	6:58
8	13.1	5:52	7:00
9	13.2	5:50	7:02
10	13.3	5:47	7:03
11	13.3	5:45	7:05
12	13.4	5:42	7:07
13	13.5	5:40	7:09
14	13.6	5:38	7:11
15	13.6	5:35	7:13
16	13.7	5:33	7:14
17	13.8	5:31	7:16
18	13.8	5:28	7:18
19	13.9	5:26	7:20
20	14.0	5:24	7:22
21	14.0	5:21	7:24
22	14.1	5:19	7:25
23	14.2	5:17	7:27
24	14.2	5:15	7:29
25	14.3	5:12	7:31
26	14.4	5:10	7:33
27	14.4	5:08	7:34
28	14.5	5:06	7:36
29	14.6	5:04	7:38
30	14.6	5:02	7:40

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.47 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.25 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)	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	3.7	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	4.0	Moderate
10	4.0	Moderate
11	4.0	Bright
12	4.0	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Dankov?

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

3.0

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dankov.

What to pack for Dankov in April

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

In April, Dankov sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Dankov in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dankov peaks around June 23 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 6 months of the year.

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

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

Air quality in Dankov in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Dankov is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	6	7	15	12	8	10	14	10	7	7	6	6
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	6	Good
Feb	7	Good
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	12	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	10	Good
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	10	Good
Sep	7	Good
Oct	7	Good
Nov	6	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Dankov?

Dankov sits at 53.2°N, 39.1°E, 136 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Lebedyan’, 26 km away.

Topography around Dankov

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dankov has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m around an average of 154 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 176 m.

The land around Dankov is covered by cropland (33%), trees (28%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) within 16 km, and cropland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km

84 m

cropland 33%

16 km

132 m

cropland 65%

80 km

176 m

cropland 67%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

April weather nearby: Lebedyan’ 26 km · Skopin 69 km · Yefremov 69 km · Lipetsk 79 km · Ryazhsk 80 km · Yelets 82 km · Bogoroditsk 89 km · Kimovsk 90 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 32% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $17,547; 2025
Happiness: 5.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 76%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.8; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 12; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 521
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 Dankov (53.2498°, 39.1441°, elevation 136 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	6	-2
2	6	-2
3	7	-1
4	7	-1
5	8	-1
6	8	0
7	9	0
8	9	0
9	9	1
10	10	1
11	10	1
12	11	1
13	11	2
14	11	2
15	12	2
16	12	2
17	13	3
18	13	3
19	13	3
20	14	3
21	14	4
22	14	4
23	15	4
24	15	4
25	15	5
26	15	5
27	16	5
28	16	5
29	16	6
30	17	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	31	69
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	39	61
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	43	57
29	44	56
30	45	55

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	14
2	28	13
3	29	12
4	29	11
5	30	10
6	30	9
7	30	8
8	31	8
9	31	7
10	31	6
11	32	6
12	32	5
13	33	4
14	33	4
15	33	4
16	33	3
17	33	3
18	33	3
19	32	2
20	32	2
21	32	2
22	31	2
23	31	2
24	30	2
25	30	2
26	29	2
27	29	2
28	28	1
29	28	1
30	28	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	6	-2
2	6	-2
3	7	-1
4	7	-1
5	8	-1
6	8	0
7	9	0
8	9	0
9	9	1
10	10	1
11	10	1
12	11	1
13	11	2
14	11	2
15	12	2
16	12	2
17	13	3
18	13	3
19	13	3
20	14	3
21	14	4
22	14	4
23	15	4
24	15	4
25	15	5
26	15	5
27	16	5
28	16	5
29	16	6
30	17	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	31	69
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	39	61
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	43	57
29	44	56
30	45	55

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	14
2	28	13
3	29	12
4	29	11
5	30	10
6	30	9
7	30	8
8	31	8
9	31	7
10	31	6
11	32	6
12	32	5
13	33	4
14	33	4
15	33	4
16	33	3
17	33	3
18	33	3
19	32	2
20	32	2
21	32	2
22	31	2
23	31	2
24	30	2
25	30	2
26	29	2
27	29	2
28	28	1
29	28	1
30	28	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	6	-2
2	6	-2
3	7	-1
4	7	-1
5	8	-1
6	8	0
7	9	0
8	9	0
9	9	1
10	10	1
11	10	1
12	11	1
13	11	2
14	11	2
15	12	2
16	12	2
17	13	3
18	13	3
19	13	3
20	14	3
21	14	4
22	14	4
23	15	4
24	15	4
25	15	5
26	15	5
27	16	5
28	16	5
29	16	6
30	17	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	31	69
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	39	61
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	43	57
29	44	56
30	45	55

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	14
2	28	13
3	29	12
4	29	11
5	30	10
6	30	9
7	30	8
8	31	8
9	31	7
10	31	6
11	32	6
12	32	5
13	33	4
14	33	4
15	33	4
16	33	3
17	33	3
18	33	3
19	32	2
20	32	2
21	32	2
22	31	2
23	31	2
24	30	2
25	30	2
26	29	2
27	29	2
28	28	1
29	28	1
30	28	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100