Climate averages 1991–2020
Lijiang weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 Lijiang: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinniu (124 km away). In April its highs average 27.9°C, 7.6°C warmer than Lijiang, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lijiang ranks joint 555th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 366th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Lijiang is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 115 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
Lijiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 14.2°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 29 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 20.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 45 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 115 | 13.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 248 | 21.6 | 13.814 h |
| July | 22.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 317 | 27.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 277 | 27.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 249 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 113 | 14.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 29 | 5.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 10 | 2.5 | 10.510 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
- Jinniu in AprilChina · 124 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in AprilChina · 131 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Dali in AprilChina · 143 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in AprilChina · 160 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in AprilChina · 167 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Micheng in AprilChina · 172 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in AprilChina · 179 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 197 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in AprilChina · 222 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 53 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 Lijiang) is explained once on the Lijiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.