Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China 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 Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mengzi (38 km away). In April its highs average 25.9°C, 1.7°C cooler than Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China ranks joint 32nd of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 138th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China is 7.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 76 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
Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.3°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 18 | 2.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 21.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 25.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 19 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 27.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 30 | 6.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.2°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 76 | 9.9 | 13.313 h |
| June | 27.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 120 | 15.7 | 13.614 h |
| July | 26.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 160 | 19.4 | 13.413 h |
| August | 26.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 149 | 19.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 25.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 91 | 14.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 45 | 7.8 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 22 | 2.9 | 11.011 h |
| December | 18.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 15 | 2.3 | 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
- Mengzi in AprilChina · 38 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Gejiu in AprilChina · 40 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Miyang in AprilChina · 80 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Zhongshu in AprilChina · 102 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Wenshan City in AprilChina · 103 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Yuxi in AprilChina · 106 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Haikou, China in AprilChina · 141 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Lào Cai in AprilVietnam · 151 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 129 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 Kaiyuan) is explained once on the Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.