Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanqiao weather
in April.
A mild, 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 mild month in Nanqiao: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 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 54 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fengxiang (7 km away). In April its highs average 18.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Nanqiao, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanqiao ranks joint 664th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 621st of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Nanqiao is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 110 mm to 133 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
Nanqiao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 64 | 8.7 | 10.410 h |
| February | 10.0°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 64 | 9.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 13.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 100 | 11.8 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 18.8°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 110 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 23.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 133 | 10.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 26.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 275 | 14.9 | 14.114 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 143 | 12.3 | 13.914 h |
| August | 30.5°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 149 | 14.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 104 | 10.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 62 | 6.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 55 | 7.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.1°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 47 | 6.8 | 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
- Fengxiang in AprilChina · 7 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Jinshan in AprilChina · 17 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Xinqiao in AprilChina · 21 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 113 mm rain
- Minhang in AprilChina · 23 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Songjiang in AprilChina · 25 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Zhujing in AprilChina · 28 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Xuhui in AprilChina · 31 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 10.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Shanghai in AprilChina · 34 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 104 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 Nanqiao) is explained once on the Nanqiao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.