Climate averages 1991–2020
Shangqiu weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th 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 mild month in Shangqiu: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shancheng (58 km away). In April its highs average 21.8°C, about as warm as Shangqiu, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shangqiu ranks joint 364th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 344th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Shangqiu is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 62 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
Shangqiu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.6°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 14 | 3.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.0°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 18 | 3.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 32 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 21.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 43 | 5.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 62 | 6.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 95 | 7.7 | 14.414 h |
| July | 31.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 203 | 13.9 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 148 | 12.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 81 | 7.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.1°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 38 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 31 | 4.6 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.3°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 13 | 3.0 | 9.910 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
- Shancheng in AprilChina · 58 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Bozhou in AprilChina · 61 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Jishui in AprilChina · 79 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Shouxian in AprilChina · 88 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Songlou in AprilChina · 88 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Fengcheng (Jiangsu), China in AprilChina · 91 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Heze in AprilChina · 93 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Huashan in AprilChina · 102 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 46 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 Shangqiu) is explained once on the Shangqiu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.