Sinop weather in April

In April, Sinop sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 44 mm of rain across 8.9 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% 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 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Sinop's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sinop's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 44 mm; 8.9 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 5:06 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 7th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

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

Air quality: Elevated; PM10 50.2 µg/m³ · 2019

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 11°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical April day in Sinop reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 3°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	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11

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

Sinop weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-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	9° / 5°	76	13.3	2.4	9.3	1.5
Feb	8° / 5°	61	11.2	2.3	10.3	1.4
Mar	10° / 6°	62	11.3	0.6	11.7	2.0
Apr	12° / 9°	44	8.9	0	13.1	3.5
May	17° / 14°	30	6.2	0	14.3	6.1
Jun	22° / 19°	21	4.6	0	15	8.0
Jul	25° / 22°	17	3.1	0	14.7	8.7
Aug	26° / 23°	21	4.1	0	13.7	8.4
Sep	23° / 19°	45	7	0	12.3	7.7
Oct	19° / 15°	73	9.8	0	10.9	6.1
Nov	14° / 11°	73	10.5	0.1	9.6	4.2
Dec	11° / 7°	95	14	1.3	9	2.3

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% 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 (%)	45	45	46	46	47	47	48	49	49	49	49	49	51	51	51	52	52	53	54	54	55	55	55	56	57	57	58	58	58	59
Cloudier (%)	55	55	54	54	53	53	52	51	51	51	51	51	49	49	49	48	48	47	46	46	45	45	45	44	43	43	42	42	42	41

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Sinop gets around 44 mm of rain over 8.9 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 29% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days. 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 (%)	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	32	32	32	31	30	29	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	23	22	22

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

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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	98	98	97	96	95	94	93
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	5	6	7

	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	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	93	7

Wind in April

Winds average 15 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	16	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:31 AM to 4:44 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:29 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	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:31	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:23	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:16	5:14	5:12	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:06	5:04	5:02	5:01	4:59	4:58	4:56	4:54	4:53	4:51	4:50	4:48	4:47	4:45	4:44
Sunset (PM)	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:31	5:57
2	12.5	5:30	5:58
3	12.5	5:28	5:59
4	12.6	5:26	6:00
5	12.6	5:24	6:01
6	12.7	5:23	6:02
7	12.7	5:21	6:03
8	12.8	5:19	6:05
9	12.8	5:17	6:06
10	12.9	5:16	6:07
11	12.9	5:14	6:08
12	12.9	5:12	6:09
13	13.0	5:11	6:10
14	13.0	5:09	6:11
15	13.1	5:07	6:12
16	13.1	5:06	6:14
17	13.2	5:04	6:15
18	13.2	5:02	6:16
19	13.3	5:01	6:17
20	13.3	4:59	6:18
21	13.4	4:58	6:19
22	13.4	4:56	6:20
23	13.5	4:54	6:21
24	13.5	4:53	6:23
25	13.5	4:51	6:24
26	13.6	4:50	6:25
27	13.6	4:48	6:26
28	13.7	4:47	6:27
29	13.7	4:45	6:28
30	13.8	4:44	6:29

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.45 kWh/m² to a high of 6.7 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.06 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	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	5.6	5.6	5.6
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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Sinop

In seasonPeak

In April, Sinop sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Sinop's rainy season runs September–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Sinop?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sinop.

What to pack for Sinop in April

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

In April, Sinop sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Sinop in April

The nearest coast averages about 10°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 8°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 17 to Oct 9 — about 3.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	9	8	8	10	14	20	24	25	23	19	15	12
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	9	Bracing
Feb	8	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	14	Bracing
Jun	20	Refreshing
Jul	24	Refreshing
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	23	Refreshing
Oct	19	Cool
Nov	15	Cool
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Sinop 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 Sinop peaks around June 23 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (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)	1	2	3	6	6	8	8	8	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	6	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Sinop?

Sinop sits at 42.0°N, 35.2°E, 100 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Boyabat, 70 km away.

Topography around Sinop

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sinop has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 213 m around an average of 33 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 217 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,850 m.

The land around Sinop is covered by water (69%) within 3 km, water (79%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and trees (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

213 m

water 69%

16 km

217 m

water 79%

80 km

1,850 m

water 49%

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

April weather nearby: Boyabat 70 km · Bafra 80 km · Taşköprü 97 km · Vezirköprü 101 km · Osmancık 120 km · Havza 125 km · Samsun 128 km · Merzifon 131 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 Sinop (42.0268°, 35.1625°, elevation 100 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	11	7
2	11	7
3	11	8
4	11	8
5	11	8
6	11	8
7	12	8
8	12	8
9	12	8
10	12	8
11	12	9
12	12	9
13	12	9
14	12	9
15	12	9
16	13	9
17	13	9
18	13	9
19	13	10
20	13	10
21	13	10
22	13	10
23	13	10
24	13	10
25	13	10
26	14	10
27	14	10
28	14	11
29	14	11
30	14	11

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

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

	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	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	93	7

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

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

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

	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	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	93	7

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

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

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

	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	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	93	7