Climate averages 1991–2020
Dushan weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Dushan: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 169 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Duyun (48 km away). In April its highs average 20.7°C, about as warm as Dushan, with 183 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dushan ranks joint 555th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 773rd of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Dushan is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 169 mm to 241 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
Dushan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 66 | 14.2 | 10.711 h |
| February | 11.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 67 | 13.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 15.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 123 | 19.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 20.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 169 | 20.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 23.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 241 | 21.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 25.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 287 | 23.4 | 13.714 h |
| July | 26.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 228 | 23.6 | 13.614 h |
| August | 26.6°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 158 | 19.9 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 112 | 14.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 97 | 12.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 15.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 68 | 11.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 10.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 50 | 9.7 | 10.611 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
- Duyun in AprilChina · 48 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 183 mm rain
- Kaili in AprilChina · 95 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 134 mm rain
- Guiyang in AprilChina · 117 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.0°C · 130 mm rain
- Hechi in AprilChina · 138 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 257 mm rain
- Liping in AprilChina · 166 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.8°C · 223 mm rain
- Anshun in AprilChina · 166 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 123 mm rain
- Yizhou in AprilChina · 187 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 228 mm rain
- Liuzhi in AprilChina · 215 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.9°C · 118 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 Dushan) is explained once on the Dushan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.