Climate averages 1991–2020

Salaqi weather
in April.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

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

Average high 16.9°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 1.4°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 25 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Salaqi · average highYear overview

April is a mild month in Salaqi: daytime highs average 16.9°C and nights cool to about 1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 16 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shiguai (26 km away). In April its highs average 14.8°C, 2.1°C cooler than Salaqi, with 22 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Salaqi ranks joint 712th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 77th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Salaqi is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 35 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. -20-15-10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

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

Every month, side by side

Salaqi climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Salaqi, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -3.7°C-15.0°C-15.0°C3.00.89.610 h
February 1.5°C-10.5°C-10.5°C5.71.310.611 h
March 8.8°C-4.7°C-4.7°C163.311.912 h
April, selected 16.9°C1.4°C1.4°C253.413.313 h
May 23.4°C8.3°C8.3°C354.614.414 h
June 28.3°C14.5°C14.5°C466.715.015 h
July 29.6°C17.5°C17.5°C1019.214.815 h
August 27.2°C15.8°C15.8°C948.813.814 h
September 22.1°C10.4°C10.4°C687.812.513 h
October 14.6°C2.7°C2.7°C304.811.211 h
November 5.1°C-5.0°C-5.0°C122.410.010 h
December -2.5°C-12.2°C-12.2°C4.21.29.39 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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 Salaqi

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 Salaqi) is explained once on the Salaqi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.