Climate averages 1991–2020

Shaoxing weather
in April.

A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 21.6°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 11.9°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 138 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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April is a mild month in Shaoxing: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shangyu (28 km away). In April its highs average 21.6°C, about as warm as Shaoxing, with 131 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shaoxing ranks joint 402nd of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 719th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Shaoxing is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 138 mm to 171 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -50510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Shaoxing climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Shaoxing, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 9.0°C1.5°C1.5°C8310.410.410 h
February 11.4°C3.0°C3.0°C7810.711.111 h
March 15.7°C6.6°C6.6°C12814.212.012 h
April, selected 21.6°C11.9°C11.9°C13813.112.913 h
May 26.2°C17.0°C17.0°C17113.213.614 h
June 28.7°C21.2°C21.2°C31517.214.014 h
July 33.3°C25.5°C25.5°C17813.713.914 h
August 32.7°C25.3°C25.3°C15616.113.213 h
September 28.1°C21.0°C21.0°C11112.012.412 h
October 23.2°C15.4°C15.4°C666.911.511 h
November 17.7°C9.6°C9.6°C708.710.711 h
December 11.4°C3.4°C3.4°C637.810.310 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

Distance from Shaoxing

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Shaoxing) is explained once on the Shaoxing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.