Climate averages 1991–2020
Lu’an weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Lu’an: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuyang (38 km away). In April its highs average 22.2°C, about as warm as Lu’an, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lu’an ranks joint 364th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 527th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Lu’an is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 106 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
Lu’an climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 47 | 7.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 50 | 7.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 72 | 9.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 21.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 83 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 106 | 10.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 173 | 11.5 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 183 | 14.8 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 150 | 15.3 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 77 | 8.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 56 | 6.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 48 | 6.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.2°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 31 | 5.4 | 10.110 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
- Wuyang in AprilChina · 38 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Hefei in AprilChina · 74 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Lucheng in AprilChina · 91 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Huainan in AprilChina · 109 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Chaohu in AprilChina · 129 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.2°C · 109 mm rain
- Anqing in AprilChina · 145 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 168 mm rain
- Fuyang in AprilChina · 145 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Huangchuan in AprilChina · 146 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 78 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 Lu’an) is explained once on the Lu’an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.