Climate averages 1991–2020
Artux weather
in April.
A mild, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Artux: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kashgar (32 km away). In April its highs average 22.4°C, 0.6°C warmer than Artux, with 9.8 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Artux ranks joint 380th of 884 for the warmest April highs and 14th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Artux is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.7 mm to 16 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
Artux climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.6°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 3.1 | 1.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 4.6°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 7.9 | 1.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 13.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 21.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 7.7 | 1.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 26.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 16 | 2.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 30.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 8.6 | 1.9 | 14.915 h |
| July | 32.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 8.2 | 1.3 | 14.715 h |
| August | 30.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 14 | 2.2 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 17 | 2.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 8.5 | 1.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.4°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 4.5 | 1.1 | 10.010 h |
| December | 1.1°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 3.9 | 1.1 | 9.49 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
- Kashgar in AprilChina · 32 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Shache in AprilChina · 170 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 8.7°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Tumxuk in AprilChina · 247 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Osh in AprilKyrgyzstan · 302 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Andijon in AprilUzbekistan · 346 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 8.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Karakol in AprilKyrgyzstan · 361 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -1.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Quvasoy in AprilUzbekistan · 364 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Shahrixon in AprilUzbekistan · 367 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 47 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 Artux) is explained once on the Artux year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.