Weather in Dubrovnik in April

A good month. April is a solid month to be in Dubrovnik. Highs average 16.9 °C, lows 13.5 °C, and rain falls on 10 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

April ranks 7 of 12 in Dubrovnik: past the worst of the year but short of June, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 10 days, 3 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 16.9 °C days and 13.5 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: the day barely swings — 3.4 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest April day reached 24.5 °C and the coldest night fell to 4.1 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 56 mm — roughly 62% of the month's rain in one day.

April is moderately variable: 14 mm in the driest year against 228 mm in the wettest, around an average of 91 mm. Roughly two Aprils in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 12.2 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 75%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How April sits in the year

The month is on the way up: 2.9 °C warmer than March, and May adds another 3.8 °C. Late in the month feels noticeably different from the start of it, which is worth knowing if the trip is short.

Daylight in April

13.3 hours of daylight, gaining 1.4 hours across the month. That is between Dubrovnik's extremes of 15.3 and 9.1 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 15.5 °C in April — cold — a quick dip rather than a swim, and a wetsuit if you are in for longer. The sea peaks at 26 °C in August and bottoms out at 14 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Shoulder. The value months — prices ease off and you get the place closer to itself.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

April in Dubrovnik versus nearby

If Dubrovnik is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Split is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, the same number of rain days. Bari is a better bet in April — 2.3 °C warmer, the same number of rain days.

So: April works, with June the better month by 16 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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