Climate averages 1991–2020
Macheng weather
in April.
A warm, 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 warm month in Macheng: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinzhou, China (41 km away). In April its highs average 22.3°C, about as warm as Macheng, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Macheng ranks joint 349th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 681st of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Macheng is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 129 mm to 158 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
Macheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 43 | 7.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.7°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 60 | 8.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.2°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 90 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 22.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 129 | 10.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 158 | 11.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 250 | 13.6 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 258 | 15.6 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 150 | 14.3 | 13.313 h |
| September | 28.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 77 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 63 | 7.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 51 | 6.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 29 | 5.2 | 10.210 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
- Xinzhou, China in AprilChina · 41 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 156 mm rain
- Huanggang (Hubei), China in AprilChina · 82 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 161 mm rain
- Qingquan in AprilChina · 84 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 160 mm rain
- E’zhou in AprilChina · 88 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 158 mm rain
- Ezhou in AprilChina · 89 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.7°C · 161 mm rain
- Wuhan in AprilChina · 98 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 162 mm rain
- Huangshi in AprilChina · 104 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 173 mm rain
- Huangchuan in AprilChina · 107 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 Macheng) is explained once on the Macheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.