Climate averages 1991–2020
Pingliang weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Pingliang: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 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 13 h 04 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guyuan (64 km away). In April its highs average 15.0°C, 2.4°C cooler than Pingliang, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Pingliang ranks joint 698th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 359th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Pingliang is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 62 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
Pingliang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 8.3 | 2.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 5.6°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 15 | 4.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.2°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 31 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.5°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 44 | 7.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 62 | 8.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 25.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 79 | 8.7 | 14.515 h |
| July | 26.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 121 | 12.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 25.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 148 | 13.1 | 13.513 h |
| September | 20.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 116 | 12.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 15.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 66 | 9.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 9.5°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 21 | 5.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 4.1°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 5.4 | 1.9 | 9.810 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
- Guyuan in AprilChina · 64 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Qingyang in AprilChina · 89 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 3.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Xingguo in AprilChina · 119 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Beidao in AprilChina · 130 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Tianshui in AprilChina · 137 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Baoji in AprilChina · 140 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 8.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Guozhen in AprilChina · 144 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Xinxing in AprilChina · 150 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.0°C · 42 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 Pingliang) is explained once on the Pingliang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.