Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunhuang weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th 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 warm month in Dunhuang: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laojunmiao (262 km away). In April its highs average 13.3°C, 8.7°C cooler than Dunhuang, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dunhuang ranks joint 349th of 884 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Dunhuang is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.2 mm to 4.7 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
Dunhuang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.3°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 9.710 h |
| February | 5.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.8°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 22.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 27.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 4.7 | 1.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 32.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 8.0 | 1.6 | 15.015 h |
| July | 34.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 6.5 | 1.4 | 14.715 h |
| August | 33.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 27.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 0.8 | 0.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.9°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | -0.3°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 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
- Laojunmiao in AprilChina · 262 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 0.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Jiayuguan in AprilChina · 309 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 3.1°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Hami in AprilChina · 312 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 6.9°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Jiuquan in AprilChina · 330 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 2.6°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Zhangye in AprilChina · 513 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Turpan in AprilChina · 552 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 11.1°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Jinchang in AprilChina · 672 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Qiaotou in AprilChina · 706 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 42 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 Dunhuang) is explained once on the Dunhuang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.