Climate averages 1991–2020
Ālā'ĕr weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Ālā'ĕr: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 16 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aqsu (109 km away). In April its highs average 20.8°C, 2.8°C cooler than Ālā'ĕr, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ālā'ĕr ranks joint 148th of 884 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Ālā'ĕr is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.5 mm to 6.6 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ālā'ĕr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.4°C-11.6°C | -11.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 5.5°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.1°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 23.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 28.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 6.6 | 1.5 | 14.414 h |
| June | 32.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 10 | 3.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 33.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 13 | 4.6 | 14.815 h |
| August | 32.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 12 | 3.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 27.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 3.0 | 0.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.9°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | -0.2°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Aqsu in AprilChina · 109 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Wensu in AprilChina · 119 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Xincheng in AprilChina · 191 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Tumxuk in AprilChina · 202 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Karakol in AprilKyrgyzstan · 323 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -1.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Xinyuan in AprilChina · 360 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Ghulja in AprilChina · 375 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Kageleke in AprilChina · 388 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 8.8°C · 3.2 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ālā'ĕr) is explained once on the Ālā'ĕr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.