Climate averages 1991–2020
Fenghuang weather
in April.
A mild, very wet month: the 7th 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 Fenghuang: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 231 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jishou (45 km away). In April its highs average 21.0°C, 1.4°C warmer than Fenghuang, with 270 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Fenghuang ranks joint 625th of 884 for the warmest April highs and 851st of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Fenghuang is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 231 mm to 277 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
Fenghuang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 93 | 13.5 | 10.611 h |
| February | 9.2°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 115 | 14.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 13.6°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 175 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 19.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 231 | 18.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 24.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 277 | 18.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 313 | 19.2 | 13.914 h |
| July | 29.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 239 | 17.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 164 | 15.5 | 13.113 h |
| September | 26.1°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 106 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 116 | 11.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 14.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 92 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 9.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 67 | 10.4 | 10.410 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
- Jishou in AprilChina · 45 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 270 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in AprilChina · 47 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 177 mm rain
- Huaihua in AprilChina · 57 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 240 mm rain
- Zhonghe in AprilChina · 83 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 184 mm rain
- Hongjiang in AprilChina · 100 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 219 mm rain
- Zhongduo in AprilChina · 130 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 201 mm rain
- Zhangjiajie in AprilChina · 158 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 220 mm rain
- Shangmei in AprilChina · 168 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 185 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 Fenghuang) is explained once on the Fenghuang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.