Olenegorsk weather in April

In April, Olenegorsk sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 30 mm of precipitation across 8.7 wet days and about 15.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about -1°C in the first days to 4°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of April to 17 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Olenegorsk's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Olenegorsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 2°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: -5°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 30 mm; 8.7 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 12 min; 5:11 AM – 8:24 PM
Cloud cover: 79%; 4th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 3.36 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Olenegorsk is human settlement in Olenegorsk Urban Okrug, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.

Density: 13/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1949

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 -1°C in the first days to 4°C by the end.

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

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

How April really feels in Olenegorsk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 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

13 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Olenegorsk weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-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	-9° / -15°	23	7.8	9.4	1.8	0.0
Feb	-9° / -14°	21	6.7	8.4	6.9	0.0
Mar	-4° / -10°	27	7.9	9.7	11	0.0
Apr	2° / -5°	30	8.7	8.6	15.2	0.0
May	8° / 1°	44	10.9	5.4	19.8	1.2
Jun	14° / 6°	64	11.7	0.8	24	3.6
Jul	17° / 10°	71	13.3	0.1	22.4	4.9
Aug	15° / 8°	64	12.6	0	17.1	4.0
Sep	10° / 4°	54	11.7	0.8	12.8	1.9
Oct	2° / -1°	51	11.1	6.7	8.7	0.1
Nov	-3° / -8°	29	8	8.9	4	0.0
Dec	-6° / -11°	27	8.7	10.6	0	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

	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 (%)	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	17	17	17	17	15	15	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16
Cloudier (%)	77	77	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	83	83	83	83	85	85	84	84	84	83	84	84	84	84	84

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	17	83
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Olenegorsk gets around 30 mm of rain and snow over 8.7 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 29% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	26	26	26	26	26	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	35	35
Snow chance (%)	31	30	30	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	31
2	26	30
3	26	30
4	26	29
5	26	28
6	25	28
7	26	28
8	26	27
9	26	27
10	26	27
11	27	27
12	27	27
13	27	27
14	28	27
15	28	28
16	29	28
17	29	28
18	30	29
19	30	29
20	31	29
21	32	29
22	32	30
23	32	30
24	33	30
25	33	29
26	33	29
27	34	29
28	34	29
29	35	28
30	35	28

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 11 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of April to 17 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 240 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:16 AM to 4:08 AM, and sunset from 7:27 PM to 9:21 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)	13.2	13.3	13.4	13.6	13.7	13.9	14.0	14.1	14.3	14.4	14.5	14.7	14.8	14.9	15.1	15.2	15.4	15.5	15.6	15.8	15.9	16.1	16.2	16.3	16.5	16.6	16.8	16.9	17.1	17.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:16	6:12	6:08	6:03	5:59	5:55	5:50	5:46	5:41	5:37	5:33	5:28	5:24	5:19	5:15	5:11	5:06	5:02	4:57	4:53	4:48	4:44	4:40	4:35	4:31	4:26	4:22	4:17	4:13	4:08
Sunset (PM)	7:27	7:31	7:34	7:38	7:42	7:46	7:49	7:53	7:57	8:01	8:05	8:08	8:12	8:16	8:20	8:24	8:28	8:32	8:36	8:40	8:44	8:48	8:52	8:56	9:00	9:04	9:08	9:12	9:16	9:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.2	6:16	7:27
2	13.3	6:12	7:31
3	13.4	6:08	7:34
4	13.6	6:03	7:38
5	13.7	5:59	7:42
6	13.9	5:55	7:46
7	14.0	5:50	7:49
8	14.1	5:46	7:53
9	14.3	5:41	7:57
10	14.4	5:37	8:01
11	14.5	5:33	8:05
12	14.7	5:28	8:08
13	14.8	5:24	8:12
14	14.9	5:19	8:16
15	15.1	5:15	8:20
16	15.2	5:11	8:24
17	15.4	5:06	8:28
18	15.5	5:02	8:32
19	15.6	4:57	8:36
20	15.8	4:53	8:40
21	15.9	4:48	8:44
22	16.1	4:44	8:48
23	16.2	4:40	8:52
24	16.3	4:35	8:56
25	16.5	4:31	9:00
26	16.6	4:26	9:04
27	16.8	4:22	9:08
28	16.9	4:17	9:12
29	17.1	4:13	9:16
30	17.2	4:08	9:21

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 3.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0 kWh/m² to a high of 4.75 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 3.36 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)	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.6	Moderate
2	2.7	Moderate
3	2.7	Moderate
4	2.8	Moderate
5	2.8	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	2.9	Moderate
8	3.0	Moderate
9	3.0	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.1	Moderate
12	3.2	Moderate
13	3.2	Moderate
14	3.3	Moderate
15	3.3	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.7	Moderate
23	3.7	Moderate
24	3.8	Moderate
25	3.8	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate
29	3.9	Moderate
30	4.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Olenegorsk?

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

0.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Olenegorsk.

What to pack for Olenegorsk in April

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

In April, Olenegorsk sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Olenegorsk in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Olenegorsk peaks around July 13 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 3 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	0	1	2	4	4	4	3	1	0	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	0	Low
Mar	1	Low
Apr	2	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	1	Low
Oct	0	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Olenegorsk?

Olenegorsk sits at 68.1°N, 33.3°E, 170 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Monchegorsk, 28 km away.

Topography around Olenegorsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Olenegorsk has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 420 m around an average of 170 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 573 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,364 m.

The land around Olenegorsk is covered by trees (60%) within 3 km, trees (73%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) within 80 km.

3 km

420 m

trees 60%

16 km

573 m

trees 73%

80 km

1,364 m

trees 62%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen

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

April weather nearby: Monchegorsk 28 km · Kirovsk 61 km · Apatity 63 km · Murmansk 92 km · Polyarnyye Zori 92 km · Severomorsk 103 km · Kandalaksha 116 km · Polyarnyy 118 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 Olenegorsk (68.1432°, 33.2529°, elevation 170 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	-1	-8
2	-1	-8
3	-1	-8
4	0	-8
5	0	-7
6	0	-7
7	0	-7
8	0	-7
9	1	-6
10	1	-6
11	1	-6
12	1	-6
13	1	-6
14	2	-5
15	2	-5
16	2	-5
17	2	-5
18	2	-4
19	2	-4
20	3	-4
21	3	-4
22	3	-4
23	3	-3
24	3	-3
25	4	-3
26	4	-3
27	4	-3
28	4	-2
29	4	-2
30	5	-2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	17	83
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	31
2	26	30
3	26	30
4	26	29
5	26	28
6	25	28
7	26	28
8	26	27
9	26	27
10	26	27
11	27	27
12	27	27
13	27	27
14	28	27
15	28	28
16	29	28
17	29	28
18	30	29
19	30	29
20	31	29
21	32	29
22	32	30
23	32	30
24	33	30
25	33	29
26	33	29
27	34	29
28	34	29
29	35	28
30	35	28

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	17	83
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	31
2	26	30
3	26	30
4	26	29
5	26	28
6	25	28
7	26	28
8	26	27
9	26	27
10	26	27
11	27	27
12	27	27
13	27	27
14	28	27
15	28	28
16	29	28
17	29	28
18	30	29
19	30	29
20	31	29
21	32	29
22	32	30
23	32	30
24	33	30
25	33	29
26	33	29
27	34	29
28	34	29
29	35	28
30	35	28

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	17	83
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	31
2	26	30
3	26	30
4	26	29
5	26	28
6	25	28
7	26	28
8	26	27
9	26	27
10	26	27
11	27	27
12	27	27
13	27	27
14	28	27
15	28	28
16	29	28
17	29	28
18	30	29
19	30	29
20	31	29
21	32	29
22	32	30
23	32	30
24	33	30
25	33	29
26	33	29
27	34	29
28	34	29
29	35	28
30	35	28

	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