Climate averages 1991–2020
Jianshui weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Jianshui: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chuxiong (90 km away). In April its highs average 25.7°C, 2.3°C warmer than Jianshui, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jianshui ranks joint 159th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 579th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Jianshui is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 176 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
Jianshui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 65 | 7.3 | 10.811 h |
| February | 17.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 49 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 21.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 61 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 99 | 10.8 | 12.713 h |
| May | 24.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 176 | 16.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 24.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 279 | 25.6 | 13.614 h |
| July | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 334 | 29.5 | 13.513 h |
| August | 23.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 287 | 27.7 | 13.013 h |
| September | 22.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 212 | 24.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 160 | 20.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 72 | 9.8 | 11.011 h |
| December | 14.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 45 | 7.5 | 10.711 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
- Chuxiong in AprilChina · 90 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Longquan in AprilChina · 105 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Lincang in AprilChina · 123 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Yuxi in AprilChina · 134 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in AprilChina · 139 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Ning’er in AprilChina · 139 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Micheng in AprilChina · 140 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Anning in AprilChina · 146 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 45 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 Jianshui) is explained once on the Jianshui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.