Climate averages 1991–2020
Linkou weather
in April.
A cool, 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 cool month in Linkou: daytime highs average 12.0°C and nights cool to about -0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Didao (45 km away). In April its highs average 12.4°C, about as warm as Linkou, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Linkou ranks joint 847th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 271st of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Linkou is 8.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 75 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
Linkou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -11.8°C-23.0°C | -23.0°C | 5.9 | 1.3 | 9.29 h |
| February | -6.5°C-19.3°C | -19.3°C | 6.0 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 2.0°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 19 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 12.0°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 39 | 8.0 | 13.513 h |
| May | 18.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 75 | 12.4 | 14.815 h |
| June | 23.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 84 | 13.8 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 117 | 14.0 | 15.315 h |
| August | 24.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 116 | 13.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 19.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 61 | 9.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 10.8°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 41 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | -0.3°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 19 | 4.2 | 9.610 h |
| December | -9.8°C-19.3°C | -19.3°C | 8.2 | 2.6 | 8.89 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
- Didao in AprilChina · 45 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low -0.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Hengshan in AprilChina · 49 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low -0.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Jixi in AprilChina · 54 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low -0.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Boli in AprilChina · 58 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low -0.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Qitaihe in AprilChina · 78 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low -0.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Mudanjiang in AprilChina · 96 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 0.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Hailin in AprilChina · 105 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 0.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Suifenhe in AprilChina · 119 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -0.7°C · 48 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 Linkou) is explained once on the Linkou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.