Climate averages 1991–2020
Changning weather
in April.
A warm, 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 Changning: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xunchang (24 km away). In April its highs average 21.8°C, 1.5°C cooler than Changning, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changning ranks joint 172nd of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 551st of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Changning is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 127 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
Changning climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 37 | 11.5 | 10.511 h |
| February | 13.6°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 36 | 10.6 | 11.211 h |
| March | 18.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 63 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 91 | 15.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 127 | 16.7 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 197 | 19.1 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 228 | 20.4 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 212 | 19.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 140 | 16.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 95 | 18.2 | 11.512 h |
| November | 17.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 61 | 12.8 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 41 | 12.0 | 10.410 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
- Xunchang in AprilChina · 24 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Nanxi in AprilChina · 30 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Yibin in AprilChina · 34 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Baixi in AprilChina · 39 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Gusong in AprilChina · 43 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 114 mm rain
- Shuifu in AprilChina · 50 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Luzhou in AprilChina · 60 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Junlian in AprilChina · 60 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 84 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 Changning) is explained once on the Changning year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.