Climate averages 1991–2020
Korla weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 8th 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 Korla: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ürümqi (256 km away). In April its highs average 16.5°C, 5.6°C cooler than Korla, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Korla ranks joint 325th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 11th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Korla is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.4 mm to 11 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
Korla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 9.510 h |
| February | 4.9°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.4°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 4.3 | 1.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 22.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 7.4 | 1.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 27.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 11 | 2.4 | 14.515 h |
| June | 31.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 13 | 3.1 | 15.215 h |
| July | 32.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 11 | 2.9 | 14.915 h |
| August | 31.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 8.5 | 2.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 7.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.2°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 3.6 | 1.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | 0.1°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 9.29 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
- Ürümqi in AprilChina · 256 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 3.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Changji in AprilChina · 267 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 4.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Xincheng in AprilChina · 267 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Turpan in AprilChina · 282 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 11.1°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Shihezi in AprilChina · 283 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in AprilChina · 289 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Xinyuan in AprilChina · 301 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Wusu in AprilChina · 320 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 43 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 Korla) is explained once on the Korla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.