Climate averages 1991–2020
Pingdingshan 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 Pingdingshan: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yuzhou (49 km away). In April its highs average 22.5°C, about as warm as Pingdingshan, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Pingdingshan ranks joint 233rd of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 293rd of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Pingdingshan is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 64 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
Pingdingshan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 14 | 3.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 18 | 3.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 33 | 5.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 22.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 40 | 5.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 64 | 7.3 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 104 | 8.4 | 14.414 h |
| July | 32.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 179 | 13.6 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 147 | 13.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 84 | 8.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 47 | 5.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.2°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 36 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| December | 9.3°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 13 | 2.8 | 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
- Yuzhou in AprilChina · 49 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Fangcheng in AprilChina · 60 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Xuchang in AprilChina · 61 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Yunyang in AprilChina · 64 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Luohe in AprilChina · 69 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Zhumadian in AprilChina · 106 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Nanyang in AprilChina · 108 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Zhengzhou in AprilChina · 118 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 36 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 Pingdingshan) is explained once on the Pingdingshan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.