Climate averages 1991–2020
Putian weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Putian: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quanzhou (72 km away). In April its highs average 24.5°C, 1.4°C warmer than Putian, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Putian ranks joint 190th 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; Putian is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 110 mm to 191 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
Putian climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 41 | 5.8 | 10.711 h |
| February | 16.2°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 55 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 19.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 100 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 110 | 12.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 191 | 16.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 245 | 18.4 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 178 | 15.3 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 265 | 20.3 | 13.013 h |
| September | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 152 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 52 | 4.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 46 | 4.9 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 39 | 5.1 | 10.611 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
- Quanzhou in AprilChina · 72 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Fuzhou in AprilChina · 75 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 136 mm rain
- Ximeicun in AprilChina · 80 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Jinjiang in AprilChina · 82 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Xiamen in AprilChina · 142 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 108 mm rain
- Ningde in AprilChina · 145 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 146 mm rain
- Nanping in AprilChina · 158 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 174 mm rain
- Sanming in AprilChina · 166 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 180 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 Putian) is explained once on the Putian year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.