Climate averages 1991–2020
Datong 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 Datong: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 0.2°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 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beichengqu (40 km away). In April its highs average 15.0°C, 1.2°C cooler than Datong, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Datong ranks 734th 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; Datong is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 39 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
Datong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.8°C-15.4°C | -15.4°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.8°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 5.1 | 1.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.6°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 14 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 27 | 4.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 39 | 6.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 59 | 9.3 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 96 | 11.8 | 14.715 h |
| August | 26.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 88 | 10.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 21.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 67 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 14.4°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 32 | 5.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.6°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 13 | 3.0 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.4°C-12.3°C | -12.3°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 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
- Beichengqu in AprilChina · 40 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 0.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Ulanqab in AprilChina · 101 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low -1.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Shuozhou in AprilChina · 114 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 0.3°C · 32 mm rain
- Zhangjiakou in AprilChina · 154 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 1.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Hohhot in AprilChina · 160 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 0.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Yuanping in AprilChina · 160 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Xuanhua in AprilChina · 161 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Xinzhou in AprilChina · 193 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 3.3°C · 31 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 Datong) is explained once on the Datong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.