Climate averages 1991–2020
Dandong weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Dandong: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fengcheng (Liaoning), China (45 km away). In April its highs average 15.4°C, 0.6°C warmer than Dandong, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dandong ranks joint 775th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 447th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Dandong is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 88 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
Dandong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.8°C-11.7°C | -11.7°C | 9.8 | 2.4 | 9.710 h |
| February | 2.1°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 19 | 3.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 26 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.7°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 55 | 6.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 88 | 8.8 | 14.414 h |
| June | 24.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 112 | 10.5 | 15.015 h |
| July | 27.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 220 | 14.6 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 225 | 13.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 85 | 7.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 56 | 6.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 46 | 6.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 0.1°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 19 | 3.9 | 9.49 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
- Fengcheng (Liaoning), China in AprilChina · 45 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 2.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Kuandian in AprilChina · 74 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 2.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Xiuyan in AprilChina · 97 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 2.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Paek'ak in AprilNorth Korea · 127 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 4.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Zhuanghe in AprilChina · 129 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 5.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Gongchangling in AprilChina · 136 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 3.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Kaech’ŏn in AprilNorth Korea · 136 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 3.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Benxi in AprilChina · 139 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 2.2°C · 57 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 Dandong) is explained once on the Dandong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.