Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinzhong weather
in April.
A mild, 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 mild month in Jinzhong: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taiyuan (27 km away). In April its highs average 19.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Jinzhong, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinzhong ranks joint 658th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 111th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Jinzhong is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 32 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
Jinzhong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 9.910 h |
| February | 5.8°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 6.7 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 11.9°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 15 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 19.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 28 | 4.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.8°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 32 | 5.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 51 | 8.4 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 100 | 11.9 | 14.514 h |
| August | 27.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 86 | 10.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 59 | 7.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 9.3°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 15 | 3.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 2.9°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 3.3 | 1.1 | 9.610 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
- Taiyuan in AprilChina · 27 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Yangquan in AprilChina · 74 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 4.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Xinzhou in AprilChina · 81 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 3.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Jiexiu in AprilChina · 105 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 6.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Yuanping in AprilChina · 115 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Lüliang in AprilChina · 143 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 5.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Huaiyang in AprilChina · 155 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 8.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Shijiazhuang in AprilChina · 156 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 8.1°C · 27 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 Jinzhong) is explained once on the Jinzhong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.