Erzincan weather in April

In April, Erzincan sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 88 mm of precipitation across 13.7 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 7°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 Erzincan's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Erzincan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: -1°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 88 mm; 13.7 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 4:51 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 8th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.85 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.8; out of 10

Erzincan is central district and city in Erzincan Province, Turkey.

Air quality: Elevated; PM10 69.2 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 12,662/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 7°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

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

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

How April really feels in Erzincan

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

wind chill below the day's low

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

Erzincan weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-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° / -12°	64	9.4	10.6	9.5	0.0
Feb	-1° / -10°	60	9.3	9.7	10.4	0.0
Mar	3° / -5°	83	11.9	10.6	11.7	0.0
Apr	9° / -1°	88	13.7	6.3	13	1.8
May	16° / 4°	97	17.1	1.1	14.2	4.4
Jun	21° / 8°	55	10.4	0	14.8	6.8
Jul	26° / 12°	26	5.7	0	14.5	8.0
Aug	27° / 12°	20	4.9	0	13.6	8.0
Sep	22° / 8°	22	4.6	0.1	12.3	8.1
Oct	15° / 3°	51	8	1.2	10.9	5.2
Nov	6° / -4°	61	7.5	5.9	9.8	0.9
Dec	-1° / -10°	57	9.3	9.5	9.2	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 56%.

	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 (%)	44	45	44	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	47	47	47	45	45	44	43	44	44	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42
Cloudier (%)	56	55	56	54	54	53	53	53	52	52	53	53	53	55	55	56	57	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Erzincan gets around 88 mm of rain and snow over 13.7 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 46% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days, and about 6 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 (%)	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	44	44	45	46	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	50	50	51	51	51	52	52	52
Snow chance (%)	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	29
2	42	29
3	42	28
4	42	28
5	42	27
6	42	27
7	42	26
8	42	25
9	42	25
10	42	24
11	43	24
12	44	24
13	44	23
14	45	23
15	46	23
16	47	23
17	47	22
18	48	22
19	48	21
20	48	20
21	49	19
22	49	18
23	50	17
24	50	16
25	51	15
26	51	14
27	51	13
28	52	12
29	52	11
30	52	10

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 6 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	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 5:15 AM to 4:31 AM, and sunset from 5:38 PM to 6:08 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)	5:15	5:13	5:12	5:10	5:08	5:07	5:05	5:04	5:02	5:00	4:59	4:57	4:56	4:54	4:52	4:51	4:49	4:48	4:46	4:45	4:43	4:42	4:40	4:39	4:38	4:36	4:35	4:34	4:32	4:31
Sunset (PM)	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:15	5:38
2	12.4	5:13	5:39
3	12.5	5:12	5:40
4	12.5	5:10	5:41
5	12.6	5:08	5:42
6	12.6	5:07	5:43
7	12.7	5:05	5:44
8	12.7	5:04	5:46
9	12.7	5:02	5:47
10	12.8	5:00	5:48
11	12.8	4:59	5:49
12	12.9	4:57	5:50
13	12.9	4:56	5:51
14	13.0	4:54	5:52
15	13.0	4:52	5:53
16	13.0	4:51	5:54
17	13.1	4:49	5:55
18	13.1	4:48	5:56
19	13.2	4:46	5:57
20	13.2	4:45	5:58
21	13.3	4:43	5:59
22	13.3	4:42	6:00
23	13.3	4:40	6:01
24	13.4	4:39	6:02
25	13.4	4:38	6:03
26	13.5	4:36	6:04
27	13.5	4:35	6:05
28	13.5	4:34	6:06
29	13.6	4:32	6:07
30	13.6	4:31	6:08

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.06 kWh/m² to a high of 7.2 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.85 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)	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
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	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	6.0	Bright
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Bright
28	6.0	Bright
29	6.0	Bright
30	6.0	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Erzincan?

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

1.8

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Erzincan.

What to pack for Erzincan in April

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

In April, Erzincan sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Erzincan in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Erzincan peaks around June 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	4	9	8	11	11	11	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	9	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Erzincan 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 Erzincan is worst in May — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (January, 8 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)	8	13	16	19	19	15	10	11	10	13	11	9
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	19	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	10	Good
Aug	11	Good
Sep	10	Good
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Erzincan?

Erzincan sits at 39.7°N, 39.5°E, 1,195 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Cimin, 18 km away.

Topography around Erzincan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Erzincan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m around an average of 1,195 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,967 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,627 m.

The land around Erzincan is covered by artificial surfaces (50%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, grassland (52%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (73%) within 80 km.

3 km

150 m

artificial surfaces 50%

16 km

1,967 m

grassland 52%

80 km

2,627 m

grassland 73%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

April weather nearby: Cimin 18 km · Kelkit 43 km · Tunceli 71 km · Gümüşhane 80 km · Bayburt 85 km · Karakoçan 99 km · Akçapınar 100 km · Aşkale 105 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 Erzincan (39.7392°, 39.4901°, elevation 1,195 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	-3
2	7	-3
3	7	-3
4	7	-3
5	7	-2
6	7	-2
7	8	-2
8	8	-2
9	8	-2
10	8	-2
11	9	-2
12	9	-2
13	9	-1
14	9	-1
15	9	-1
16	10	-1
17	10	-1
18	10	-1
19	10	-1
20	10	0
21	11	0
22	11	0
23	11	0
24	11	0
25	12	0
26	12	0
27	12	1
28	12	1
29	12	1
30	13	1

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	29
2	42	29
3	42	28
4	42	28
5	42	27
6	42	27
7	42	26
8	42	25
9	42	25
10	42	24
11	43	24
12	44	24
13	44	23
14	45	23
15	46	23
16	47	23
17	47	22
18	48	22
19	48	21
20	48	20
21	49	19
22	49	18
23	50	17
24	50	16
25	51	15
26	51	14
27	51	13
28	52	12
29	52	11
30	52	10

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	29
2	42	29
3	42	28
4	42	28
5	42	27
6	42	27
7	42	26
8	42	25
9	42	25
10	42	24
11	43	24
12	44	24
13	44	23
14	45	23
15	46	23
16	47	23
17	47	22
18	48	22
19	48	21
20	48	20
21	49	19
22	49	18
23	50	17
24	50	16
25	51	15
26	51	14
27	51	13
28	52	12
29	52	11
30	52	10

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	29
2	42	29
3	42	28
4	42	28
5	42	27
6	42	27
7	42	26
8	42	25
9	42	25
10	42	24
11	43	24
12	44	24
13	44	23
14	45	23
15	46	23
16	47	23
17	47	22
18	48	22
19	48	21
20	48	20
21	49	19
22	49	18
23	50	17
24	50	16
25	51	15
26	51	14
27	51	13
28	52	12
29	52	11
30	52	10

	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