Climate averages 1991–2020
Dongcun weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Dongcun: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laiyang (45 km away). In April its highs average 19.0°C, 3.3°C warmer than Dongcun, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dongcun ranks joint 750th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 366th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Dongcun is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 70 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
Dongcun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 11 | 2.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 5.1°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 17 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 26 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 45 | 5.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.2°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 70 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 73 | 6.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 27.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 177 | 11.9 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 175 | 12.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 73 | 5.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 38 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 11.9°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 37 | 4.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 5.2°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 16 | 2.9 | 9.710 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
- Laiyang in AprilChina · 45 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 6.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Laixi in AprilChina · 57 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 6.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Jiangshan in AprilChina · 57 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 6.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Zhuangyuan in AprilChina · 66 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 6.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Yuanshang in AprilChina · 73 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Jimo in AprilChina · 76 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Yantai in AprilChina · 82 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Jiudian in AprilChina · 88 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 38 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 Dongcun) is explained once on the Dongcun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.