Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanyang weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet 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 warm month in Nanyang: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhenping (30 km away). In April its highs average 22.2°C, about as warm as Nanyang, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanyang ranks joint 257th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 425th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Nanyang is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 85 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
Nanyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 13 | 3.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 11.2°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 21 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.2°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 39 | 6.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 22.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 51 | 6.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 85 | 8.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 126 | 8.7 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 213 | 14.5 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 160 | 13.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 81 | 8.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 54 | 6.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 40 | 5.4 | 10.510 h |
| December | 9.8°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 13 | 3.1 | 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
- Zhenping in AprilChina · 30 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Tanghe in AprilChina · 44 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Fangcheng in AprilChina · 51 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Yunyang in AprilChina · 52 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Dengzhou in AprilChina · 56 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 11.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Zaoyang in AprilChina · 100 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Laohekou in AprilChina · 107 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 11.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Pingdingshan in AprilChina · 108 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 40 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 Nanyang) is explained once on the Nanyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.