Climate averages 1991–2020
Ankang weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Ankang: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xixiang (122 km away). In April its highs average 21.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Ankang, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ankang ranks joint 325th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 420th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Ankang is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Ankang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 18 | 4.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 23 | 5.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 41 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 22.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 50 | 8.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 78 | 9.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 96 | 9.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 124 | 11.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 31.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 100 | 10.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 118 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 84 | 10.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 44 | 8.4 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.7°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 19 | 5.1 | 10.010 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Xixiang in AprilChina · 122 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Chengxiang in AprilChina · 152 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 104 mm rain
- Shangluo in AprilChina · 157 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 8.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Shiyan in AprilChina · 165 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Chenggu in AprilChina · 166 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Xi’an in AprilChina · 176 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Hanfeng in AprilChina · 178 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Xianyang in AprilChina · 187 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 46 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 Ankang) is explained once on the Ankang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.