Climate averages 1991–2020
Shixing weather
in April.
A warm, very 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 warm month in Shixing: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 206 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiongzhou (30 km away). In April its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Shixing, with 195 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shixing ranks joint 119th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 832nd of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Shixing is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 206 mm to 272 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
Shixing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 59 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| February | 16.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 70 | 10.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 19.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 154 | 16.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 24.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 206 | 17.9 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 272 | 20.9 | 13.313 h |
| June | 30.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 294 | 22.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 32.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 179 | 19.2 | 13.514 h |
| August | 32.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 217 | 20.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 128 | 14.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 54 | 6.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 54 | 6.8 | 11.011 h |
| December | 16.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 46 | 5.9 | 10.611 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
- Xiongzhou in AprilChina · 30 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 195 mm rain
- Shaoguan in AprilChina · 51 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Maba in AprilChina · 56 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 225 mm rain
- Lecheng in AprilChina · 75 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 177 mm rain
- Ganzhou in AprilChina · 133 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 173 mm rain
- Chenzhou in AprilChina · 140 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 196 mm rain
- Heyuan in AprilChina · 149 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 168 mm rain
- Lianzhou in AprilChina · 172 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 260 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 Shixing) is explained once on the Shixing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.