Climate averages 1991–2020
Guiyang 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 Guiyang: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Anshun (86 km away). In April its highs average 19.8°C, about as warm as Guiyang, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guiyang ranks joint 599th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 685th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Guiyang is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 130 mm to 191 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
Guiyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 67 | 14.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 11.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 61 | 13.8 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 97 | 19.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 19.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 130 | 19.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 191 | 19.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 25.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 239 | 20.7 | 13.814 h |
| July | 26.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 168 | 17.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 26.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 124 | 15.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 24.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 101 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 105 | 14.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 15.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 63 | 11.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 9.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 48 | 11.6 | 10.511 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
- Anshun in AprilChina · 86 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 123 mm rain
- Duyun in AprilChina · 87 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 183 mm rain
- Dushan in AprilChina · 117 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 169 mm rain
- Zunyi in AprilChina · 124 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 159 mm rain
- Kaili in AprilChina · 126 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 134 mm rain
- Liuzhi in AprilChina · 134 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.9°C · 118 mm rain
- Bijie in AprilChina · 163 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Loushanguan in AprilChina · 173 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 137 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 Guiyang) is explained once on the Guiyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.