Climate averages 1991–2020
Gengqing weather
in April.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a freezing month in Gengqing: daytime highs average -2.3°C and nights cool to about -12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of precipitation on roughly 13 days, which makes April a month with moderate precipitation (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qamdo (153 km away, marked approximate). In April its highs average 11.3°C, 13.6°C warmer than Gengqing, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gengqing ranks 884th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 428th of 884 for the driest April (precipitation, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Gengqing is 22.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 8.4°C to 6.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 52 mm to 95 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
Gengqing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.9°C-25.3°C | -25.3°C | 10 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | -10.3°C-22.6°C | -22.6°C | 17 | 5.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | -7.4°C-18.8°C | -18.8°C | 31 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | -2.3°C-12.7°C | -12.7°C | 52 | 13.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 6.1°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 95 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 10.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 167 | 24.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 12.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 174 | 23.8 | 14.014 h |
| August | 12.0°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 152 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 9.6°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 141 | 21.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 2.9°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 79 | 15.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | -6.3°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 21 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | -12.1°C-25.1°C | -25.1°C | 9.8 | 3.7 | 10.110 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
- Qamdo (approximate) in AprilChina · 153 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low -1.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Yushu (Qinghai), China (approximate) in AprilChina · 198 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -8.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Kangding in AprilChina · 380 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Ya'an in AprilChina · 468 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 104 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in AprilChina · 520 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low -1.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in AprilChina · 537 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Chengdu in AprilChina · 537 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Meishan in AprilChina · 539 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 60 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 Gengqing) is explained once on the Gengqing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.