Balıkesir weather in April

In April, Balıkesir sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 53 mm of precipitation across 8.6 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Balıkesir's 7th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Balıkesir's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 53 mm; 8.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 5:37 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 7th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.23 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

Balıkesir is city in Turkey.

Density: 164/km²; people per km²

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 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical April day in Balıkesir reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 5°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)	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9

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

How April really feels in Balıkesir

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

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Balıkesir weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-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	9° / 2°	76	11	3.4	9.5	1.7
Feb	10° / 2°	72	10.1	3.3	10.4	2.3
Mar	13° / 4°	67	10.3	1.4	11.7	3.7
Apr	18° / 8°	53	8.6	0.2	13	6.0
May	23° / 12°	41	7.3	0	14.2	7.5
Jun	28° / 16°	30	6	0	14.7	7.2
Jul	30° / 19°	11	2.4	0	14.5	6.6
Aug	30° / 19°	8	2.3	0	13.6	6.6
Sep	26° / 15°	23	3.9	0	12.3	8.1
Oct	21° / 11°	48	6.6	0	10.9	7.3
Nov	15° / 7°	55	7.2	0.5	9.8	5.1
Dec	10° / 3°	80	11.1	2.7	9.2	2.4

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% 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 48%. 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 (%)	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	51	51	52	53	54	54	55	56	57	57	58	59	60	61
Cloudier (%)	53	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	49	49	48	47	46	46	45	44	43	43	42	41	40	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	61	39

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Balıkesir gets around 53 mm of rain and snow over 8.6 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 29% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease 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 (%)	35	35	35	35	34	33	33	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	23

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

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 99% 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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	96	96	95	94
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	6

	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	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	95	5
30	94	6

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 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	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	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	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:01 AM to 5:17 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:54 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)	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:01	6:00	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:53	5:52	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:45	5:44	5:42	5:41	5:39	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:30	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:24	5:23	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:17
Sunset (PM)	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:01	6:25
2	12.4	6:00	6:26
3	12.5	5:58	6:27
4	12.5	5:57	6:28
5	12.6	5:55	6:29
6	12.6	5:53	6:30
7	12.7	5:52	6:31
8	12.7	5:50	6:32
9	12.7	5:48	6:33
10	12.8	5:47	6:34
11	12.8	5:45	6:35
12	12.9	5:44	6:36
13	12.9	5:42	6:37
14	13.0	5:41	6:38
15	13.0	5:39	6:39
16	13.0	5:37	6:40
17	13.1	5:36	6:41
18	13.1	5:34	6:42
19	13.2	5:33	6:43
20	13.2	5:31	6:44
21	13.3	5:30	6:45
22	13.3	5:28	6:46
23	13.3	5:27	6:47
24	13.4	5:26	6:48
25	13.4	5:24	6:49
26	13.5	5:23	6:50
27	13.5	5:21	6:51
28	13.5	5:20	6:52
29	13.6	5:19	6:53
30	13.6	5:17	6:54

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.61 kWh/m² to a high of 7.19 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.23 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)	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8
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	4.6	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Balıkesir?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Balıkesir for sightseeing.

What to pack for Balıkesir in April

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

In April, Balıkesir sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Balıkesir in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Balıkesir peaks around August 11 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	8	7	9	9	9	7	4	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Balıkesir 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 Balıkesir is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 10 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)	12	14	17	17	17	13	10	11	11	11	12	10
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	17	Moderate
Apr	17	Moderate
May	17	Moderate
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	10	Good
Aug	11	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	12	Moderate
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Balıkesir?

Balıkesir sits at 39.6°N, 27.9°E, 139 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Bigadiç, 35 km away.

Topography around Balıkesir

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Balıkesir has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 211 m around an average of 167 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 521 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,753 m.

The land around Balıkesir is covered by artificial surfaces (69%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

211 m

artificial surfaces 69%

16 km

521 m

cropland 46%

80 km

1,753 m

trees 58%

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

April weather nearby: Bigadiç 35 km · Susurluk 37 km · Gönen 54 km · Soma 57 km · Mustafakemalpaşa 62 km · Kırkağaç 63 km · Dursunbey 64 km · Edremit 74 km

Turkey travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $18,599; 2025
Happiness: 5.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 3.2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 6.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 488
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 Balıkesir (39.6492°, 27.8861°, elevation 139 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	16	6
2	16	6
3	16	6
4	16	6
5	16	6
6	17	7
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	7
12	18	7
13	18	7
14	18	7
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	18	8
20	19	8
21	19	8
22	19	8
23	19	8
24	19	8
25	19	8
26	19	9
27	20	9
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	61	39

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

	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	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	95	5
30	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	61	39

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

	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	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	95	5
30	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	61	39

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

	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	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	95	5
30	94	6