Climate averages 1991–2020
Mentougou weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Mentougou: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 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 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Liangxiang (23 km away). In April its highs average 21.2°C, about as warm as Mentougou, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Mentougou ranks joint 511th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 111th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Mentougou is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 49 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
Mentougou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.2°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 9.710 h |
| February | 6.0°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 6.7 | 1.6 | 10.711 h |
| March | 12.8°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 14 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 20.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 28 | 5.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 27.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 49 | 6.6 | 14.414 h |
| June | 31.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 97 | 10.3 | 15.015 h |
| July | 31.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 195 | 15.6 | 14.715 h |
| August | 29.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 158 | 13.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 80 | 9.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.9°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 41 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.8°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 16 | 3.0 | 10.010 h |
| December | 3.2°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 3.7 | 1.0 | 9.49 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
- Liangxiang in AprilChina · 23 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 6.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Beijing in AprilChina · 26 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Fangshan in AprilChina · 29 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 6.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Daxing in AprilChina · 30 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Changping in AprilChina · 33 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Tongzhou in AprilChina · 49 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Shunyi in AprilChina · 51 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Langfang in AprilChina · 71 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 8.3°C · 24 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 Mentougou) is explained once on the Mentougou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.