Climate averages 1991–2020

Meishan weather
in April.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 23.0°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 14.0°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 60 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Meishan · average highYear overview

April is a warm month in Meishan: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Leshan (54 km away). In April its highs average 22.7°C, about as warm as Meishan, with 73 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Meishan ranks joint 199th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 459th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Meishan is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 75 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Meishan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Meishan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 10.3°C3.9°C3.9°C3610.310.410 h
February 12.8°C5.8°C5.8°C328.811.111 h
March 17.5°C9.4°C9.4°C3910.112.012 h
April, selected 23.0°C14.0°C14.0°C6010.912.913 h
May 26.9°C18.2°C18.2°C7511.713.614 h
June 28.9°C21.3°C21.3°C12313.214.014 h
July 30.0°C23.0°C23.0°C25320.413.914 h
August 29.5°C22.6°C22.6°C27619.813.213 h
September 25.7°C19.7°C19.7°C12015.212.412 h
October 20.9°C15.5°C15.5°C6515.411.511 h
November 16.6°C10.6°C10.6°C4110.010.711 h
December 11.6°C5.4°C5.4°C288.110.310 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

Distance from Meishan

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Meishan) is explained once on the Meishan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.