Climate averages 1991–2020
Shaoyang weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Shaoyang: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th 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 Lengshuijiang (50 km away). In April its highs average 21.6°C, about as warm as Shaoyang, with 166 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shaoyang ranks joint 364th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 778th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Shaoyang is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 171 mm to 226 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
Shaoyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 57 | 10.5 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.7°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 72 | 12.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 132 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 21.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 171 | 17.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 226 | 17.3 | 13.513 h |
| June | 28.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 271 | 19.5 | 13.814 h |
| July | 31.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 186 | 14.5 | 13.714 h |
| August | 31.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 141 | 15.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 76 | 10.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 67 | 8.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 17.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 65 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| December | 11.5°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 43 | 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
- Lengshuijiang in AprilChina · 50 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 166 mm rain
- Gantang in AprilChina · 55 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 195 mm rain
- Shangmei in AprilChina · 58 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 185 mm rain
- Yongfeng in AprilChina · 74 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Loudi in AprilChina · 76 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.5°C · 183 mm rain
- Yongzhou in AprilChina · 92 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Wugang in AprilChina · 100 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Xiangxiang in AprilChina · 119 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 212 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 Shaoyang) is explained once on the Shaoyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.