Climate averages 1991–2020
Shulan weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Shulan: daytime highs average 13.0°C and nights cool to about 0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 26 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jishu (16 km away). In April its highs average 12.9°C, about as warm as Shulan, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shulan ranks joint 821st of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 293rd of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Shulan is 7.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Shulan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -11.3°C-22.0°C | -22.0°C | 7.1 | 2.3 | 9.39 h |
| February | -5.8°C-17.6°C | -17.6°C | 10 | 2.7 | 10.410 h |
| March | 3.0°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 22 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 13.0°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 40 | 7.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 82 | 11.4 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 115 | 14.5 | 15.515 h |
| July | 26.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 182 | 16.0 | 15.215 h |
| August | 25.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 157 | 14.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 20.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 72 | 9.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.9°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 50 | 8.4 | 11.011 h |
| November | 0.7°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 29 | 5.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | -8.7°C-18.3°C | -18.3°C | 13 | 3.6 | 8.99 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Jishu in AprilChina · 16 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 0.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Yushu (Jilin), China in AprilChina · 56 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Wuchang in AprilChina · 60 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 0.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Jilin in AprilChina · 70 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 0.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Jiaohe in AprilChina · 83 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 0.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Jiutai in AprilChina · 94 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 1.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Dehui in AprilChina · 100 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 1.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Shuangcheng in AprilChina · 119 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 0.8°C · 28 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 Shulan) is explained once on the Shulan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.