Climate · Sofia

Sofia in April

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Sofia is mild: highs near 62°F, lows near 40°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour from the first week to the last.April in Sofia is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 4°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour from the first week to the last.

High
62°F17°Caverage
Low
40°F4°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 42% of days
Daylight
13h 21mon average

Is April a good time to visit Sofia?


April sits outside Sofia's best months, which run from September. Expect mild days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 62°F in April, against 42°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in April, against 6°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

42% of days in April, against 24% to 48% through the year.

Cloud cover

52% cover in April, against 21% to 60% through the year.

Daylight

13h 21m in April, against 9h 05m to 15h 16m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. March52°11°low 31°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. April62°17°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. May71°22°low 49°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Sofia sits, in April

Europe/Sofia

this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:47 AMsets 8:07 PM
Above the sea
550 mlow-lying
Latitude
42.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Sofia, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Sofia is our one place in Bulgaria so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sofia. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (550 m) against the climate model's (677 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (550 m) against the climate model's (677 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.