Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghulja weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Ghulja: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huocheng (39 km away). In April its highs average 18.7°C, about as warm as Ghulja, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ghulja ranks joint 673rd of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 205th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Ghulja is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 40 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
Ghulja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.1°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 14 | 4.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | 4.4°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 17 | 4.6 | 10.410 h |
| March | 11.4°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 20 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 36 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 23.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 40 | 6.9 | 14.715 h |
| June | 27.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 31 | 6.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 29.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 31 | 4.7 | 15.115 h |
| August | 28.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 22 | 3.6 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 15 | 3.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 20 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| November | 8.9°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 25 | 5.4 | 9.710 h |
| December | 3.0°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 19 | 5.2 | 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
- Huocheng in AprilChina · 39 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 5.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Qarasu in AprilChina · 79 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Bole in AprilChina · 124 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Xinyuan in AprilChina · 164 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Sarqant in AprilKazakhstan · 200 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Taldykorgan in AprilKazakhstan · 264 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Wusu in AprilChina · 274 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Xincheng in AprilChina · 278 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 7.6 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 Ghulja) is explained once on the Ghulja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.