Climate averages 1991–2020
Huaihua weather
in April.
A mild, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Huaihua: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 240 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hongjiang (50 km away). In April its highs average 22.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Huaihua, with 219 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huaihua ranks joint 413th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 855th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Huaihua is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 240 mm to 270 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
Huaihua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 90 | 13.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 109 | 14.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.6°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 184 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 21.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 240 | 18.9 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 270 | 17.6 | 13.513 h |
| June | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 270 | 18.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 192 | 15.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 31.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 127 | 14.2 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 83 | 9.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 96 | 10.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 82 | 10.6 | 10.811 h |
| December | 11.2°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 64 | 10.5 | 10.410 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
- Hongjiang in AprilChina · 50 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 219 mm rain
- Fenghuang in AprilChina · 57 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 231 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in AprilChina · 82 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 177 mm rain
- Jishou in AprilChina · 88 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 270 mm rain
- Wugang in AprilChina · 112 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Shangmei in AprilChina · 129 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 185 mm rain
- Zhonghe in AprilChina · 140 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 184 mm rain
- Lengshuijiang in AprilChina · 141 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 166 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 Huaihua) is explained once on the Huaihua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.