Climate averages 1991–2020
Rikaze weather
in April.
A cool, very dry 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 cool month in Rikaze: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about 0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thimphu (212 km away). In April its highs average 15.8°C, 2.0°C warmer than Rikaze, with 160 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Rikaze ranks joint 793rd of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 23rd of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Rikaze is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 26 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
Rikaze climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 10.510 h |
| February | 6.2°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 9.8°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 13.8°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 11 | 3.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 18.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 26 | 6.6 | 13.614 h |
| June | 21.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 79 | 15.4 | 14.014 h |
| July | 19.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 157 | 23.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 18.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 156 | 23.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 17.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 79 | 16.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 13.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 16 | 4.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 8.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 2.4 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| December | 5.7°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 10.310 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
- Thimphu in AprilBhutan · 212 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.1°C · 160 mm rain
- Gangtok in AprilIndia · 216 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.6°C · 211 mm rain
- Dārjiling in AprilIndia · 254 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.2°C · 222 mm rain
- Jaigaon in AprilIndia · 271 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Lhoka in AprilChina · 280 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 0.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Siliguri in AprilIndia · 286 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in AprilIndia · 304 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Dharān in AprilNepal · 313 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 44 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 Rikaze) is explained once on the Rikaze year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.