Climate averages 1991–2020
Chengxiang weather
in April.
A mild, 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 mild month in Chengxiang: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 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 55 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yong’an (43 km away). In April its highs average 22.0°C, about as warm as Chengxiang, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chengxiang ranks joint 380th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 593rd of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Chengxiang is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 151 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
Chengxiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 33 | 8.3 | 10.410 h |
| February | 12.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 47 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 78 | 13.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 21.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 104 | 14.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 151 | 14.9 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 201 | 16.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 224 | 19.7 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 166 | 15.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 150 | 13.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 114 | 12.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 70 | 10.6 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 34 | 7.8 | 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
- Yong’an in AprilChina · 43 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 116 mm rain
- Wushan in AprilChina · 46 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 136 mm rain
- Yezhou in AprilChina · 90 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Hanfeng in AprilChina · 114 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Enshi in AprilChina · 122 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 12.9°C · 162 mm rain
- Wanzhou in AprilChina · 132 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 140 mm rain
- Linjiang in AprilChina · 133 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Lichuan in AprilChina · 140 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 9.5°C · 178 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 Chengxiang) is explained once on the Chengxiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.