Climate averages 1991–2020
Harbin weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Harbin: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hulan (17 km away). In April its highs average 13.3°C, about as warm as Harbin, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Harbin ranks joint 807th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 138th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Harbin is 7.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.2°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 65 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
Harbin 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-23.7°C | -23.7°C | 4.1 | 1.3 | 9.19 h |
| February | -6.7°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 5.8 | 1.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 3.1°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 15 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 13.3°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 30 | 5.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 65 | 9.3 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 99 | 12.2 | 15.616 h |
| July | 27.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 155 | 14.9 | 15.315 h |
| August | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 138 | 13.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 67 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 38 | 6.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | -0.2°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 18 | 3.6 | 9.510 h |
| December | -10.5°C-20.0°C | -20.0°C | 8.5 | 2.4 | 8.89 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
- Hulan in AprilChina · 17 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 0.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Acheng in AprilChina · 33 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 0.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Shuangcheng in AprilChina · 49 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 0.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Lanxi (Heilongjiang), China in AprilChina · 63 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 0.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Zhaodong in AprilChina · 63 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 0.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Wuchang in AprilChina · 100 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 0.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Suihua in AprilChina · 103 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 0.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Yushu (Jilin), China in AprilChina · 103 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 31 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 Harbin) is explained once on the Harbin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.