Climate averages 1991–2020
Shangzhi weather
in April.
A cool, 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 cool month in Shangzhi: daytime highs average 12.9°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuchang (73 km away). In April its highs average 13.2°C, about as warm as Shangzhi, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shangzhi ranks joint 826th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 293rd of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Shangzhi is 7.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 79 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
Shangzhi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -11.6°C-22.8°C | -22.8°C | 6.1 | 1.8 | 9.29 h |
| February | -6.1°C-18.7°C | -18.7°C | 8.8 | 2.7 | 10.410 h |
| March | 2.8°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 20 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 12.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 40 | 7.7 | 13.513 h |
| May | 19.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 79 | 12.3 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 101 | 13.9 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 150 | 15.7 | 15.315 h |
| August | 25.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 138 | 14.9 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 70 | 9.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 47 | 8.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 0.2°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 24 | 5.3 | 9.610 h |
| December | -9.4°C-18.9°C | -18.9°C | 11 | 3.2 | 8.89 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
- Wuchang in AprilChina · 73 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 0.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Acheng in AprilChina · 90 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 0.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Shulan in AprilChina · 121 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 0.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Harbin in AprilChina · 122 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 0.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Yushu (Jilin), China in AprilChina · 122 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Hailin in AprilChina · 130 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 0.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Shuangcheng in AprilChina · 134 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 0.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Hulan in AprilChina · 135 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 0.5°C · 27 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 Shangzhi) is explained once on the Shangzhi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.