Climate averages 1991–2020

Rui’an weather
in April.

A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 19.6°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 13.6°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 124 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Rui’an · average highYear overview

April is a mild month in Rui’an: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Wenzhou (25 km away). In April its highs average 20.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Rui’an, with 132 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Rui’an ranks joint 625th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 664th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Rui’an is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 124 mm to 174 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Rui’an climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Rui’an, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 11.8°C5.8°C5.8°C7010.010.611 h
February 12.7°C6.6°C6.6°C7611.611.211 h
March 15.3°C9.3°C9.3°C12515.012.012 h
April, selected 19.6°C13.6°C13.6°C12414.412.813 h
May 23.8°C18.6°C18.6°C17414.513.514 h
June 27.1°C22.8°C22.8°C26115.913.914 h
July 30.0°C25.8°C25.8°C15313.713.714 h
August 30.0°C25.8°C25.8°C22818.013.113 h
September 27.5°C23.0°C23.0°C17314.412.312 h
October 23.6°C18.1°C18.1°C887.611.512 h
November 19.1°C13.3°C13.3°C839.710.811 h
December 14.1°C7.7°C7.7°C648.910.410 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

Distance from Rui’an

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Rui’an) is explained once on the Rui’an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.