Climate averages 1991–2020
Hami weather
in April.
A mild, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 8th 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 Hami: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes April a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dunhuang (312 km away). In April its highs average 22.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Hami, with 2.2 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hami ranks joint 446th of 884 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Hami is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.4 mm to 3.6 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
Hami climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.2°C-12.8°C | -12.8°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.7°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.6°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 21.3°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 4.4 | 1.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 27.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 14.615 h |
| June | 32.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 34.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 5.4 | 1.1 | 15.015 h |
| August | 33.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 5.6 | 1.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.8°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.1°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 6.1°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 4.2 | 1.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | -2.3°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 9.19 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
- Dunhuang in AprilChina · 312 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Turpan in AprilChina · 353 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 11.1°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in AprilChina · 486 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 0.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Ürümqi in AprilChina · 490 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 3.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in AprilChina · 505 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Changji in AprilChina · 517 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 4.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Jiayuguan in AprilChina · 522 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 3.1°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Jiuquan in AprilChina · 542 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 2.6°C · 6.7 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 Hami) is explained once on the Hami year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.