Climate averages 1991–2020
Donghe weather
in April.
A mild, moderately 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 Donghe: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guangyuan (51 km away). In April its highs average 21.3°C, about as warm as Donghe, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Donghe ranks joint 446th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 524th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Donghe is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 129 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
Donghe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.4°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 30 | 8.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 37 | 8.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 21.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 82 | 11.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 129 | 13.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 27.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 179 | 14.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 315 | 22.5 | 14.014 h |
| August | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 219 | 19.6 | 13.313 h |
| September | 24.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 217 | 16.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 119 | 14.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 65 | 9.7 | 10.511 h |
| December | 10.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 30 | 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
- Guangyuan in AprilChina · 51 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Bazhong in AprilChina · 58 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Mianyang, China in AprilChina · 109 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Hanzhong in AprilChina · 115 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 9.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Chenggu in AprilChina · 140 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Dazhou in AprilChina · 158 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 122 mm rain
- Jiangyou in AprilChina · 158 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 12.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Xixiang in AprilChina · 161 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 68 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 Donghe) is explained once on the Donghe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.