Climate averages 1991–2020
Changji weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Changji: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wujiaqu (24 km away). In April its highs average 20.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Changji, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changji ranks joint 625th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 88th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Changji is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 27 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
Changji climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.2°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 4.3 | 1.7 | 9.39 h |
| February | -2.1°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 6.7 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 9.2°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 13 | 3.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 19.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 26 | 5.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 25.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 27 | 5.4 | 14.715 h |
| June | 30.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 23 | 4.9 | 15.415 h |
| July | 32.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 23 | 4.2 | 15.115 h |
| August | 30.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 26 | 5.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 21 | 4.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 21 | 4.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.3°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 14 | 3.5 | 9.710 h |
| December | -4.2°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 8.3 | 2.4 | 9.09 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
- Wujiaqu in AprilChina · 24 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Ürümqi in AprilChina · 33 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 3.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Shihezi in AprilChina · 106 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Turpan in AprilChina · 192 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 11.1°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Wusu in AprilChina · 215 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Karamay in AprilChina · 259 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Korla in AprilChina · 267 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Xinyuan in AprilChina · 332 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 70 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 Changji) is explained once on the Changji year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.