Climate averages 1991–2020
Dongtai weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Dongtai: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dazhong (41 km away). In April its highs average 19.2°C, 1.1°C cooler than Dongtai, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dongtai ranks joint 567th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 507th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Dongtai is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 104 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
Dongtai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 44 | 6.5 | 10.210 h |
| February | 9.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 46 | 7.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.0°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 65 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 20.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 73 | 7.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 104 | 8.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 187 | 11.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 237 | 15.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 189 | 15.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 90 | 8.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 53 | 5.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 55 | 6.6 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.6°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 35 | 5.4 | 10.010 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
- Dazhong in AprilChina · 41 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Jiangyan in AprilChina · 42 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Xinghua in AprilChina · 45 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Taizhou (Jiangsu), China in AprilChina · 55 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Yancheng in AprilChina · 58 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Rugao in AprilChina · 59 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Taixing in AprilChina · 81 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Gaoyou in AprilChina · 81 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 72 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 Dongtai) is explained once on the Dongtai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.