Prešov weather in April

In April, Prešov sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 10.6 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Prešov's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Prešov's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 54 mm; 10.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 30 min; 4:52 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 5th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.49 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Prešov is city in Slovakia.

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 18.2 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 1,177/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1247

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 12°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical April day in Prešov reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°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)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18
Avg low (°C)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7

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

How April really feels in Prešov

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 9 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.

Prešov 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	0° / -5°	29	7.3	5.9	8.5	0.0
Feb	3° / -4°	36	8.6	6.3	9.8	0.0
Mar	8° / -1°	36	9.1	3.3	11.6	1.3
Apr	14° / 4°	54	10.6	1.1	13.4	4.1
May	19° / 8°	84	13.7	0	15	5.6
Jun	22° / 12°	84	12.7	0	15.9	6.2
Jul	24° / 14°	108	13.5	0	15.6	6.4
Aug	24° / 13°	73	10.5	0	14.2	6.9
Sep	19° / 9°	65	9.3	0	12.4	6.0
Oct	13° / 4°	57	8.8	0.4	10.5	3.7
Nov	7° / 0°	42	8.3	2.8	8.9	0.8
Dec	1° / -4°	34	8.5	5.3	8.1	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 59%.

	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 (%)	40	40	39	39	38	38	36	37	36	35	35	35	37	37	39	39	41	42	43	45	45	46	47	48	49	49	49	48	48	47
Cloudier (%)	60	60	61	61	62	62	64	63	64	65	65	65	63	63	61	61	59	58	57	55	55	54	53	52	51	51	51	52	52	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	36	64
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	41	59
18	42	58
19	43	57
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	47	53
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	47	53

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Prešov gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 10.6 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 36% and peaks near 37% 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 (%)	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	37
Snow chance (%)	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	8
2	34	7
3	35	7
4	35	7
5	35	6
6	36	6
7	36	6
8	36	5
9	37	5
10	37	5
11	37	5
12	37	5
13	36	4
14	36	4
15	36	4
16	36	4
17	36	3
18	36	3
19	35	3
20	35	3
21	35	2
22	35	2
23	35	2
24	35	2
25	35	1
26	35	1
27	35	1
28	36	1
29	36	1
30	37	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 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	10	calm
2	10	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	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	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 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 108 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:23 AM to 4:25 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 6:40 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)	12.5	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:23	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:11	5:08	5:06	5:04	5:02	5:00	4:58	4:56	4:54	4:52	4:50	4:48	4:46	4:44	4:42	4:40	4:38	4:36	4:34	4:32	4:30	4:28	4:27	4:25
Sunset (PM)	5:56	5:57	5:59	6:01	6:02	6:04	6:05	6:07	6:08	6:10	6:11	6:13	6:14	6:16	6:17	6:19	6:20	6:22	6:23	6:25	6:26	6:28	6:29	6:31	6:32	6:34	6:35	6:37	6:39	6:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	5:23	5:56
2	12.6	5:21	5:57
3	12.7	5:19	5:59
4	12.7	5:17	6:01
5	12.8	5:15	6:02
6	12.8	5:13	6:04
7	12.9	5:11	6:05
8	13.0	5:08	6:07
9	13.0	5:06	6:08
10	13.1	5:04	6:10
11	13.2	5:02	6:11
12	13.2	5:00	6:13
13	13.3	4:58	6:14
14	13.3	4:56	6:16
15	13.4	4:54	6:17
16	13.5	4:52	6:19
17	13.5	4:50	6:20
18	13.6	4:48	6:22
19	13.6	4:46	6:23
20	13.7	4:44	6:25
21	13.7	4:42	6:26
22	13.8	4:40	6:28
23	13.9	4:38	6:29
24	13.9	4:36	6:31
25	14.0	4:34	6:32
26	14.0	4:32	6:34
27	14.1	4:30	6:35
28	14.1	4:28	6:37
29	14.2	4:27	6:39
30	14.3	4:25	6:40

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.8 kWh/m² to a high of 5.48 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.49 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)	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	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	5.0	5.0	5.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	3.9	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	4.0	Moderate
5	4.0	Bright
6	4.0	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Prešov?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.4

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Prešov for sightseeing.

What to pack for Prešov in April

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

In April, Prešov sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Prešov in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Prešov peaks around July 12 at about 7 (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 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	6	6	7	7	7	5	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	6	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Prešov 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 Prešov is worst in June — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Prešov's WHO annual average of 18.2 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	16	17	20	20	19	22	21	20	17	16	16	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	16	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	20	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Prešov?

Prešov sits at 49.0°N, 21.2°E, 253 m above sea level, in Slovakia. The nearest listed city is Košice, 32 km away.

Topography around Prešov

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Prešov has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 241 m around an average of 283 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 873 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,448 m.

The land around Prešov is covered by trees (38%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and cropland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

241 m

trees 38%

16 km

873 m

trees 51%

80 km

2,448 m

trees 61%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

April weather nearby: Košice 32 km · Bardejov 33 km · Vranov nad Topľou 35 km · Levoča 47 km · Spišská Nová Ves 50 km · Humenné 50 km · Stará Ľubovňa 52 km · Trebišov 54 km

Slovakia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / E / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 58% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $28,544; 2025
Happiness: 6.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.1; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 6.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 606
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 Prešov (48.9992°, 21.2355°, elevation 253 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	11	1
2	11	2
3	12	2
4	12	2
5	12	2
6	12	2
7	12	2
8	13	3
9	13	3
10	13	3
11	13	3
12	13	3
13	13	3
14	14	3
15	14	4
16	14	4
17	14	4
18	15	4
19	15	4
20	15	4
21	15	5
22	16	5
23	16	5
24	16	5
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	6
28	17	6
29	17	6
30	18	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	36	64
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	41	59
18	42	58
19	43	57
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	47	53
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	47	53

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	8
2	34	7
3	35	7
4	35	7
5	35	6
6	36	6
7	36	6
8	36	5
9	37	5
10	37	5
11	37	5
12	37	5
13	36	4
14	36	4
15	36	4
16	36	4
17	36	3
18	36	3
19	35	3
20	35	3
21	35	2
22	35	2
23	35	2
24	35	2
25	35	1
26	35	1
27	35	1
28	36	1
29	36	1
30	37	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	11	1
2	11	2
3	12	2
4	12	2
5	12	2
6	12	2
7	12	2
8	13	3
9	13	3
10	13	3
11	13	3
12	13	3
13	13	3
14	14	3
15	14	4
16	14	4
17	14	4
18	15	4
19	15	4
20	15	4
21	15	5
22	16	5
23	16	5
24	16	5
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	6
28	17	6
29	17	6
30	18	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	36	64
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	41	59
18	42	58
19	43	57
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	47	53
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	47	53

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	8
2	34	7
3	35	7
4	35	7
5	35	6
6	36	6
7	36	6
8	36	5
9	37	5
10	37	5
11	37	5
12	37	5
13	36	4
14	36	4
15	36	4
16	36	4
17	36	3
18	36	3
19	35	3
20	35	3
21	35	2
22	35	2
23	35	2
24	35	2
25	35	1
26	35	1
27	35	1
28	36	1
29	36	1
30	37	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	11	1
2	11	2
3	12	2
4	12	2
5	12	2
6	12	2
7	12	2
8	13	3
9	13	3
10	13	3
11	13	3
12	13	3
13	13	3
14	14	3
15	14	4
16	14	4
17	14	4
18	15	4
19	15	4
20	15	4
21	15	5
22	16	5
23	16	5
24	16	5
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	6
28	17	6
29	17	6
30	18	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	36	64
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	41	59
18	42	58
19	43	57
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	47	53
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	47	53

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	8
2	34	7
3	35	7
4	35	7
5	35	6
6	36	6
7	36	6
8	36	5
9	37	5
10	37	5
11	37	5
12	37	5
13	36	4
14	36	4
15	36	4
16	36	4
17	36	3
18	36	3
19	35	3
20	35	3
21	35	2
22	35	2
23	35	2
24	35	2
25	35	1
26	35	1
27	35	1
28	36	1
29	36	1
30	37	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