Climate averages 1991–2020
Sandu weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet 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 hot month in Sandu: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dacheng (36 km away). In April its highs average 31.4°C, 2.5°C warmer than Sandu, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sandu ranks 13th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 453rd of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Sandu is 8.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 108 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
Sandu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 32 | 6.7 | 11.111 h |
| February | 23.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 28 | 5.7 | 11.511 h |
| March | 26.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 31 | 6.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 28.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 57 | 10.5 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 108 | 16.6 | 13.113 h |
| June | 31.6°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 142 | 14.3 | 13.313 h |
| July | 31.3°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 191 | 15.6 | 13.213 h |
| August | 30.3°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 276 | 20.5 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 192 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 118 | 11.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 45 | 6.1 | 11.211 h |
| December | 22.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 41 | 6.2 | 11.011 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
- Dacheng in AprilChina · 36 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Yaxing in AprilChina · 38 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Nada in AprilChina · 48 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Basuo in AprilChina · 96 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Wuzhishan in AprilChina · 116 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Xucheng in AprilChina · 116 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Haikou in AprilChina · 121 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Qiongshan in AprilChina · 122 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 71 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 Sandu) is explained once on the Sandu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.