Climate averages 1991–2020
Shenzhen weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Shenzhen: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tai Po (15 km away). In April its highs average 26.0°C, about as warm as Shenzhen, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shenzhen ranks joint 66th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 667th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Shenzhen is 5.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 125 mm to 229 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
Shenzhen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 32 | 5.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 44 | 7.9 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 75 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 26.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 125 | 13.8 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 229 | 19.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.0°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 319 | 22.9 | 13.513 h |
| July | 30.8°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 243 | 22.1 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.7°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 313 | 23.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 199 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 61 | 6.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 34 | 4.9 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 31 | 4.2 | 10.811 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
- Tai Po in AprilHong Kong · 15 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 122 mm rain
- Bao'an Centre in AprilChina · 16 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 125 mm rain
- Tuen Mun in AprilHong Kong · 20 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 125 mm rain
- Kwai Chung in AprilHong Kong · 21 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Sha Tin in AprilHong Kong · 22 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 122 mm rain
- Longgang in AprilChina · 28 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Hong Kong in AprilHong Kong · 32 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 116 mm rain
- San Tung Chung Hang in AprilHong Kong · 32 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 107 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 Shenzhen) is explained once on the Shenzhen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Tuen Mun and Bao'an Centre lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.