Climate averages 1991–2020
Chengde weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry 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 mild month in Chengde: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lingyuan (125 km away). In April its highs average 17.0°C, about as warm as Chengde, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chengde ranks joint 701st of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 100th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Chengde is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 45 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
Chengde climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.2°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 3.0°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 3.9 | 1.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 9.7°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 13 | 3.0 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 27 | 4.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 24.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 45 | 6.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 101 | 11.3 | 15.115 h |
| July | 29.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 152 | 13.7 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 114 | 11.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.6°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 61 | 7.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 35 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 13 | 2.8 | 9.910 h |
| December | -0.2°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 3.6 | 1.2 | 9.39 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
- Lingyuan in AprilChina · 125 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 3.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Sanhe in AprilChina · 132 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 6.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Zhaogezhuang in AprilChina · 137 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 6.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Tangjiazhuang in AprilChina · 141 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Linxi in AprilChina · 144 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 6.3°C · 32 mm rain
- Shunyi in AprilChina · 144 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Tangshan in AprilChina · 147 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Tongzhou in AprilChina · 160 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 20 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 Chengde) is explained once on the Chengde year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.