Climate averages 1991–2020
Nancun weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry 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 Nancun: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Liaolan (28 km away). In April its highs average 20.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Nancun, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nancun ranks joint 630th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 205th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Nancun is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 59 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
Nancun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 9.1 | 1.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 7.0°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 15 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.7°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 21 | 4.0 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 19.5°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 36 | 4.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 59 | 6.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 70 | 6.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 181 | 12.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 164 | 12.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 69 | 6.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 31 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.8°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 28 | 4.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 5.9°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 12 | 2.5 | 9.710 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
- Liaolan in AprilChina · 28 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Jiaozhou in AprilChina · 30 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Jiangzhuang in AprilChina · 31 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Yuanshang in AprilChina · 32 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Pingdu in AprilChina · 33 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 7.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Jimo in AprilChina · 33 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Gaomi in AprilChina · 38 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 7.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Jiangshan in AprilChina · 39 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 6.8°C · 38 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 Nancun) is explained once on the Nancun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.