Climate averages 1991–2020
Jiayuguan weather
in April.
A mild, very 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 mild month in Jiayuguan: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.5 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiuquan (21 km away). In April its highs average 16.3°C, about as warm as Jiayuguan, with 6.7 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jiayuguan ranks joint 721st of 884 for the warmest April highs and 17th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Jiayuguan is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.5 mm to 15 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
Jiayuguan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.4°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 3.1 | 1.1 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.4°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 3.2 | 1.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 9.8 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.5°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 8.5 | 2.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 15 | 3.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 20 | 4.2 | 14.915 h |
| July | 28.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 25 | 5.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 26.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 27 | 5.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 21.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 18 | 3.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 13.8°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 6.5 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.3°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 5.3 | 1.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.8°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 3.7 | 1.4 | 9.49 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
- Jiuquan in AprilChina · 21 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 2.6°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in AprilChina · 47 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 0.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Zhangye in AprilChina · 210 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Dunhuang in AprilChina · 309 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Jinchang in AprilChina · 367 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Wuwei in AprilChina · 431 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 2.1°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Qiaotou in AprilChina · 435 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Xining in AprilChina · 466 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 1.3°C · 30 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 Jiayuguan) is explained once on the Jiayuguan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.