Climate averages 1991–2020
Changsha, China weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Changsha, China: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taishan (17 km away). In April its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Changsha, China, with 138 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changsha, China ranks joint 37th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 747th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Changsha, China is 6.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 158 mm to 249 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
Changsha, China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 33 | 5.4 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 42 | 8.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 86 | 12.6 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 27.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 158 | 15.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 249 | 21.4 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 283 | 22.6 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 224 | 21.5 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 272 | 23.5 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 203 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 71 | 7.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 35 | 5.5 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 33 | 4.6 | 10.811 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
- Taishan in AprilChina · 17 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 138 mm rain
- Encheng in AprilChina · 45 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 173 mm rain
- Jiangmen in AprilChina · 47 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 164 mm rain
- Shaping in AprilChina · 52 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 175 mm rain
- Jing’an in AprilChina · 65 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Nantou, China in AprilChina · 73 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 176 mm rain
- Zhongshan in AprilChina · 73 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 137 mm rain
- Daliang in AprilChina · 77 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 176 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 Changsha) is explained once on the Changsha, China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.