Climate averages 1991–2020
Shache weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Shache: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes April a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kashgar (159 km away). In April its highs average 22.4°C, 0.7°C cooler than Shache, with 9.8 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shache ranks joint 179th of 884 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Shache is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.7 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Shache climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.2°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 6.6°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 15.4°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 4.0 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 23.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 4.7 | 1.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 27.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 14 | 2.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 10 | 2.2 | 14.815 h |
| July | 32.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 12 | 2.3 | 14.615 h |
| August | 30.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 15 | 3.2 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 13 | 2.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 3.0 | 0.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.9°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 2.8°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 0.9 | 0.4 | 9.510 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
- Kashgar in AprilChina · 159 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Artux in AprilChina · 170 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Tumxuk in AprilChina · 225 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Kageleke in AprilChina · 242 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 8.8°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Gujangbagh in AprilChina · 278 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 8.2°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Aqsu in AprilChina · 403 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Wensu in AprilChina · 408 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Ālā'ĕr in AprilChina · 418 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 2.5 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 Shache) is explained once on the Shache year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.