Climate averages 1991–2020
Chaohu weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Chaohu: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuhu (60 km away). In April its highs average 21.4°C, about as warm as Chaohu, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chaohu ranks joint 468th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 619th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Chaohu is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 109 mm to 135 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
Chaohu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 58 | 8.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 64 | 9.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.2°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 91 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 21.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 109 | 9.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.9°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 135 | 10.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 243 | 12.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 210 | 13.9 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 160 | 14.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 80 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 56 | 6.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 51 | 7.0 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.1°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 36 | 5.9 | 10.110 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
- Wuhu in AprilChina · 60 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.9°C · 120 mm rain
- Ma’anshan in AprilChina · 62 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 103 mm rain
- Hefei in AprilChina · 63 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Lucheng in AprilChina · 69 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Tongling in AprilChina · 73 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Chuzhou in AprilChina · 90 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Nanjing in AprilChina · 100 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Chizhou in AprilChina · 111 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 134 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 Chaohu) is explained once on the Chaohu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.