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Moscow in April

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Moscow is cool: highs near 51°F, lows near 31°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 37 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Moscow is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 37 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
51°F11°Caverage
Low
31°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
14h 07mon average

Is April a good time to visit Moscow?

April sits outside Moscow's best months, which run from June to August. Expect cool days and rain or snow on about two 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 51°F in April, against 25°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in April, against -4°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in April, against 32% to 44% through the year.

Cloud cover

64% cover in April, against 47% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

14h 07m in April, against 7h 06m to 17h 27m 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. March35°2°low 19°low -7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. April51°11°low 31°low -1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. May66°19°low 44°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Moscow sits, in April

Europe/Moscow
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
5:27 AMsets 7:33 PM
Above the sea
160 mlow-lying
Latitude
55.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Saint Petersburg635 km north-west

The land around Moscow, 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. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Russia in April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Moscow

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Moscow. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.