Climate averages 1991–2020
Shaowu 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 Shaowu: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 264 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuyishan (71 km away). In April its highs average 23.5°C, about as warm as Shaowu, with 249 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shaowu ranks joint 145th of 884 for the warmest April highs and 868th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Shaowu is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 264 mm to 296 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
Shaowu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 81 | 10.4 | 10.611 h |
| February | 15.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 105 | 12.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 18.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 220 | 17.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 264 | 18.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 296 | 18.8 | 13.513 h |
| June | 29.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 377 | 20.3 | 13.814 h |
| July | 33.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 180 | 15.6 | 13.714 h |
| August | 32.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 177 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 109 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 57 | 6.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 20.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 78 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 15.0°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 70 | 7.8 | 10.510 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
- Wuyishan in AprilChina · 71 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 249 mm rain
- Jianchang in AprilChina · 87 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 251 mm rain
- Xiugu in AprilChina · 94 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 280 mm rain
- Qincheng in AprilChina · 95 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 279 mm rain
- Nanping in AprilChina · 103 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 174 mm rain
- Huayuan in AprilChina · 109 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 250 mm rain
- Yingtan in AprilChina · 110 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.6°C · 259 mm rain
- Sanming in AprilChina · 122 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 180 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 Shaowu) is explained once on the Shaowu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.