Van Weather in April
Van in April
The short of it: Van in April averages a high of 14 °C (56 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 64 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 13 h 9 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 4° · rain 64 mm · daylight 13 h 9 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & June
Thirty years of records give Van an average April high of 14°, a low of 4° and some 64 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against March, to near 14°; nights run about 4°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 64 mm. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 9 min in mid-April, 79 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates April 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and June.
Against its neighbours, Van runs warmer than most and drier than most in April. Edremit, 14 km to the SW, is 2° cooler by day.
April in Van, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 6° warmer, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus May
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 9 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h