Climate averages 1991–2020
Chengdu weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Chengdu: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Deyang (60 km away). In April its highs average 22.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Chengdu, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chengdu ranks joint 179th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 344th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Chengdu is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 66 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
Chengdu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 12.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 6.9 | 2.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 19 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 43 | 7.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 66 | 9.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 128 | 11.6 | 14.114 h |
| July | 30.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 292 | 19.7 | 13.914 h |
| August | 29.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 290 | 19.7 | 13.313 h |
| September | 25.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 134 | 12.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 40 | 8.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 16 | 4.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 4.1 | 1.3 | 10.210 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
- Deyang in AprilChina · 60 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Meishan in AprilChina · 73 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in AprilChina · 76 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Luojiang in AprilChina · 82 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Ziyang in AprilChina · 82 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Mianyang in AprilChina · 107 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Leshan in AprilChina · 126 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Ya'an in AprilChina · 127 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 104 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 Chengdu) is explained once on the Chengdu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.