Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunhua weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Dunhua: daytime highs average 12.0°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiaohe (82 km away). In April its highs average 12.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Dunhua, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dunhua ranks joint 847th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 428th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Dunhua is 8.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 89 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
Dunhua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.2°C-20.9°C | -20.9°C | 7.8 | 1.9 | 9.49 h |
| February | -5.6°C-17.2°C | -17.2°C | 14 | 3.3 | 10.510 h |
| March | 2.3°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 30 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 12.0°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 52 | 9.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.4°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 89 | 13.5 | 14.715 h |
| June | 22.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 108 | 15.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 174 | 15.4 | 15.115 h |
| August | 24.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 158 | 14.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 19.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 68 | 8.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 11.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 43 | 7.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 0.9°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 29 | 5.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | -7.9°C-17.6°C | -17.6°C | 12 | 3.4 | 9.09 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
- Jiaohe in AprilChina · 82 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 0.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Helong in AprilChina · 111 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 0.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Yanji in AprilChina · 116 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 0.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Longjing in AprilChina · 118 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low -0.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Wangqing in AprilChina · 124 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Huadian in AprilChina · 128 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 0.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Tumen in AprilChina · 138 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 1.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Jilin in AprilChina · 144 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 0.6°C · 44 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 Dunhua) is explained once on the Dunhua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.