Climate averages 1991–2020
Rugao weather
in April.
A mild, moderately 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 mild month in Rugao: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiangyan (43 km away). In April its highs average 20.4°C, about as warm as Rugao, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Rugao ranks joint 591st of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 532nd of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Rugao is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 109 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
Rugao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 53 | 7.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 9.6°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 54 | 8.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.0°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 75 | 9.8 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 20.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 84 | 8.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 109 | 9.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 217 | 12.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 217 | 15.4 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 178 | 15.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 94 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 53 | 5.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 7.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.8°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 37 | 5.7 | 10.110 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
- Jiangyan in AprilChina · 43 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Nantong in AprilChina · 47 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 10.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Jinsha in AprilChina · 56 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Zhangjiagang in AprilChina · 56 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Juegang in AprilChina · 58 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Taixing in AprilChina · 58 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Jiangyin in AprilChina · 59 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Dongtai in AprilChina · 59 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 73 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 Rugao) is explained once on the Rugao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.