Staraya Russa weather in April

In April, Staraya Russa sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 43 mm of precipitation across 9.7 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 7°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of April to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Staraya Russa's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Staraya Russa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 43 mm; 9.7 wet days
Daylight: 14 hours; 5:54 AM – 7:56 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.86 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

Staraya Russa is town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia.

Density: 1,850/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1167

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 14°C by the end.

A typical April day in Staraya Russa reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 8°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)	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15
Avg low (°C)	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4

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

How April really feels in Staraya Russa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 23 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.

Staraya Russa weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-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	-3° / -8°	41	10.7	10.5	6.9	0.0
Feb	-2° / -8°	32	8.3	8.1	8.9	0.0
Mar	3° / -4°	34	9.2	6.5	11.4	0.1
Apr	11° / 1°	43	9.7	1.9	14	2.6
May	17° / 7°	59	10.8	0.1	16.3	5.4
Jun	21° / 11°	83	12.3	0	17.7	6.0
Jul	23° / 14°	79	12.3	0	17.2	6.4
Aug	21° / 12°	74	11.5	0	15.1	6.2
Sep	16° / 8°	54	10.1	0	12.5	4.7
Oct	9° / 3°	63	12.4	1.5	9.9	1.5
Nov	2° / -2°	53	11.1	5.8	7.6	0.0
Dec	-1° / -5°	42	11.1	9.4	6.3	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 64%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	34	34	34	35	36	36	37	38	39	39	39	39	39	41	41	40	40	40	40	39
Cloudier (%)	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	66	66	66	65	64	64	63	62	61	61	61	61	61	59	59	60	60	60	60	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	37	63
18	38	62
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	39	61

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Staraya Russa gets around 43 mm of rain and snow over 9.7 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 32% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring 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 (%)	31	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	31
Snow chance (%)	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1

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

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	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	13	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	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 12 h 48 min at the start of April to 15 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 144 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 5:16 AM, and sunset from 7:22 PM to 8:27 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)	12.8	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.1	14.2	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.6	14.7	14.8	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.1	15.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:37	6:34	6:31	6:28	6:25	6:22	6:19	6:16	6:14	6:11	6:08	6:05	6:02	5:59	5:57	5:54	5:51	5:48	5:46	5:43	5:40	5:37	5:35	5:32	5:29	5:27	5:24	5:22	5:19	5:16
Sunset (PM)	7:22	7:24	7:26	7:29	7:31	7:33	7:35	7:38	7:40	7:42	7:44	7:47	7:49	7:51	7:53	7:56	7:58	8:00	8:02	8:05	8:07	8:09	8:12	8:14	8:16	8:18	8:21	8:23	8:25	8:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.8	6:37	7:22
2	12.8	6:34	7:24
3	12.9	6:31	7:26
4	13.0	6:28	7:29
5	13.1	6:25	7:31
6	13.2	6:22	7:33
7	13.3	6:19	7:35
8	13.4	6:16	7:38
9	13.4	6:14	7:40
10	13.5	6:11	7:42
11	13.6	6:08	7:44
12	13.7	6:05	7:47
13	13.8	6:02	7:49
14	13.9	5:59	7:51
15	13.9	5:57	7:53
16	14.0	5:54	7:56
17	14.1	5:51	7:58
18	14.2	5:48	8:00
19	14.3	5:46	8:02
20	14.4	5:43	8:05
21	14.4	5:40	8:07
22	14.5	5:37	8:09
23	14.6	5:35	8:12
24	14.7	5:32	8:14
25	14.8	5:29	8:16
26	14.9	5:27	8:18
27	14.9	5:24	8:21
28	15.0	5:22	8:23
29	15.1	5:19	8:25
30	15.2	5:16	8:27

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 3.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.23 kWh/m² to a high of 5.42 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 3.86 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)	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.2	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.2	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.4	Moderate
8	3.4	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.7	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	4.0	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Staraya Russa?

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

2.6

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Staraya Russa.

What to pack for Staraya Russa in April

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

In April, Staraya Russa sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Staraya Russa in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Staraya Russa peaks around July 11 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	2	3	4	6	6	4	3	1	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Staraya Russa?

Staraya Russa sits at 58.0°N, 31.4°E, 16 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Velikiy Novgorod, 59 km away.

Topography around Staraya Russa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Staraya Russa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 210 m.

The land around Staraya Russa is covered by trees (37%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) within 80 km.

3 km

21 m

trees 37%

16 km

50 m

trees 50%

80 km

210 m

trees 71%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

April weather nearby: Velikiy Novgorod 59 km · Valday 112 km · Luga 121 km · Chudovo 127 km · Ostashkov 141 km · Borovichi 156 km · Bologoye 159 km · Kirishi 169 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 Staraya Russa (57.9962°, 31.36°, elevation 16 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	7	-2
2	7	-1
3	8	-1
4	8	-1
5	8	-1
6	8	0
7	9	0
8	9	0
9	9	0
10	9	0
11	10	1
12	10	1
13	10	1
14	10	1
15	11	1
16	11	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	12	2
20	12	2
21	12	3
22	13	3
23	13	3
24	13	3
25	13	3
26	14	4
27	14	4
28	14	4
29	14	4
30	15	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	37	63
18	38	62
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	15
2	31	14
3	31	14
4	31	13
5	32	12
6	32	11
7	33	11
8	33	10
9	34	9
10	34	8
11	34	8
12	34	7
13	34	7
14	34	7
15	34	6
16	33	6
17	33	6
18	32	5
19	32	5
20	31	4
21	31	4
22	31	3
23	31	3
24	31	3
25	30	2
26	30	2
27	30	2
28	30	1
29	30	1
30	31	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	7	-2
2	7	-1
3	8	-1
4	8	-1
5	8	-1
6	8	0
7	9	0
8	9	0
9	9	0
10	9	0
11	10	1
12	10	1
13	10	1
14	10	1
15	11	1
16	11	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	12	2
20	12	2
21	12	3
22	13	3
23	13	3
24	13	3
25	13	3
26	14	4
27	14	4
28	14	4
29	14	4
30	15	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	37	63
18	38	62
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	15
2	31	14
3	31	14
4	31	13
5	32	12
6	32	11
7	33	11
8	33	10
9	34	9
10	34	8
11	34	8
12	34	7
13	34	7
14	34	7
15	34	6
16	33	6
17	33	6
18	32	5
19	32	5
20	31	4
21	31	4
22	31	3
23	31	3
24	31	3
25	30	2
26	30	2
27	30	2
28	30	1
29	30	1
30	31	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	7	-2
2	7	-1
3	8	-1
4	8	-1
5	8	-1
6	8	0
7	9	0
8	9	0
9	9	0
10	9	0
11	10	1
12	10	1
13	10	1
14	10	1
15	11	1
16	11	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	12	2
20	12	2
21	12	3
22	13	3
23	13	3
24	13	3
25	13	3
26	14	4
27	14	4
28	14	4
29	14	4
30	15	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	37	63
18	38	62
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	39	61

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