Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanming weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Sanming: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 180 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nanping (71 km away). In April its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Sanming, with 174 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sanming ranks joint 101st of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 796th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Sanming is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 180 mm to 222 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
Sanming climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 62 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 81 | 11.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 156 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 25.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 180 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 222 | 17.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 251 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 34.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 145 | 13.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 33.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 173 | 17.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 103 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 22.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 52 | 6.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 51 | 6.6 | 10.511 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
- Nanping in AprilChina · 71 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 174 mm rain
- Shaowu in AprilChina · 122 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 264 mm rain
- Longyan in AprilChina · 144 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 194 mm rain
- Xujiang in AprilChina · 145 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 276 mm rain
- Qincheng in AprilChina · 152 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 279 mm rain
- Ximeicun in AprilChina · 160 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Putian in AprilChina · 166 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Fuzhou in AprilChina · 170 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 136 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 Sanming) is explained once on the Sanming year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.