Climate averages 1991–2020
Laojunmiao weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Laojunmiao: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th 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 Jiayuguan (47 km away). In April its highs average 16.5°C, 3.2°C warmer than Laojunmiao, with 8.5 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Laojunmiao ranks joint 807th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 34th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Laojunmiao is 7.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 28 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
Laojunmiao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.0°C-13.6°C | -13.6°C | 4.1 | 1.2 | 9.710 h |
| February | -0.3°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 5.8°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 15 | 3.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 13.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 16 | 3.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 18.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 28 | 6.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 22.8°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 40 | 7.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 24.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 50 | 9.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 23.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 47 | 7.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 18.3°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 26 | 4.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 11.2°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 9.8 | 2.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 3.8°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 5.9 | 1.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | -2.1°C-11.7°C | -11.7°C | 4.6 | 1.8 | 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
- Jiayuguan in AprilChina · 47 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 3.1°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Jiuquan in AprilChina · 68 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 2.6°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Zhangye in AprilChina · 254 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Dunhuang in AprilChina · 262 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Jinchang in AprilChina · 412 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Qiaotou in AprilChina · 471 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Wuwei in AprilChina · 474 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 2.1°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Hami in AprilChina · 486 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 6.9°C · 4.4 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 Laojunmiao) is explained once on the Laojunmiao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.