Climate averages 1991–2020
Mingguang weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th 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 Mingguang: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bengbu (59 km away). In April its highs average 21.3°C, about as warm as Mingguang, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Mingguang ranks joint 468th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 478th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Mingguang is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 97 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
Mingguang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 38 | 5.8 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 40 | 6.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 59 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 21.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 66 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 97 | 8.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 160 | 9.8 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 223 | 15.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 174 | 14.4 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 88 | 8.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 49 | 6.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 47 | 6.6 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 27 | 4.8 | 10.010 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
- Bengbu in AprilChina · 59 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Chuzhou in AprilChina · 60 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Huainan in AprilChina · 92 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Nanjing in AprilChina · 111 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Qiuji in AprilChina · 113 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 9.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Hefei in AprilChina · 120 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Suicheng in AprilChina · 124 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Zhenzhou in AprilChina · 126 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 88 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 Mingguang) is explained once on the Mingguang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.