Climate averages 1991–2020
Lingyuan weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th 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 Lingyuan: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaoyang (96 km away). In April its highs average 18.0°C, 1.0°C warmer than Lingyuan, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lingyuan ranks joint 709th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 100th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Lingyuan is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 51 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
Lingyuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.0°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 9.610 h |
| February | 2.2°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 3.3 | 1.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.9°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 12 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 27 | 4.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 51 | 6.4 | 14.514 h |
| June | 27.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 91 | 11.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 29.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 135 | 12.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 110 | 10.3 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 43 | 6.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.8°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 29 | 4.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 5.8°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 12 | 2.4 | 9.910 h |
| December | -0.8°C-10.0°C | -10.0°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 9.39 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
- Chaoyang in AprilChina · 96 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 3.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Nanpiao in AprilChina · 114 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 4.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Chifeng in AprilChina · 120 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 1.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Chengde in AprilChina · 125 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Beipiao in AprilChina · 130 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 2.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Xingcheng in AprilChina · 130 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Huludao in AprilChina · 132 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 5.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Lianshan in AprilChina · 133 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 28 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 Lingyuan) is explained once on the Lingyuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.