Climate averages 1991–2020
Leiyang weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Leiyang: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 200 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hengyang (59 km away). In April its highs average 23.1°C, 0.5°C cooler than Leiyang, with 220 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Leiyang ranks joint 152nd of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 828th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Leiyang is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 200 mm to 240 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
Leiyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.8°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 69 | 11.7 | 10.711 h |
| February | 13.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 77 | 12.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 152 | 17.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 200 | 17.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 240 | 17.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 251 | 17.5 | 13.814 h |
| July | 33.7°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 133 | 12.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 33.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 139 | 14.3 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 82 | 9.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 66 | 7.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 18.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 78 | 8.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 13.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 53 | 7.8 | 10.511 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
- Hengyang in AprilChina · 59 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 220 mm rain
- Chenzhou in AprilChina · 69 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 196 mm rain
- Yongzhou in AprilChina · 124 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Yongfeng in AprilChina · 136 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Gantang in AprilChina · 145 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 195 mm rain
- Lecheng in AprilChina · 150 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 177 mm rain
- Xiangxiang in AprilChina · 151 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 212 mm rain
- Xishan in AprilChina · 154 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 284 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 Leiyang) is explained once on the Leiyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.