Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinniu weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Jinniu: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiangcheng (37 km away). In April its highs average 23.6°C, 4.3°C cooler than Jinniu, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinniu ranks joint 25th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 77th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Jinniu is 7.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 79 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
Jinniu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 14 | 2.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 21.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 12 | 2.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 25.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 15 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 27.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 25 | 3.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 79 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 140 | 14.7 | 13.714 h |
| July | 26.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 199 | 22.1 | 13.614 h |
| August | 26.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 199 | 22.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 25.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 142 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 68 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 20 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 18.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 8.5 | 2.1 | 10.611 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
- Xiangcheng in AprilChina · 37 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in AprilChina · 43 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in AprilChina · 43 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Dali in AprilChina · 44 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Micheng in AprilChina · 52 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Lijiang in AprilChina · 124 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 6.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Chuxiong in AprilChina · 129 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in AprilChina · 161 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 53 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 Jinniu) is explained once on the Jinniu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.