Climate averages 1991–2020
Songlou weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Songlou: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huashan (14 km away). In April its highs average 21.7°C, about as warm as Songlou, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Songlou ranks joint 389th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 366th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Songlou is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 65 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
Songlou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 16 | 3.2 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 20 | 3.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 32 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 21.7°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 45 | 5.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 65 | 6.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 100 | 7.8 | 14.414 h |
| July | 31.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 205 | 14.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 167 | 13.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 76 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 40 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 31 | 4.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.1°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 14 | 3.3 | 9.910 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
- Huashan in AprilChina · 14 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Fengcheng (Jiangsu), China in AprilChina · 15 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Zhangzhai in AprilChina · 32 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Shouxian in AprilChina · 33 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Huankou in AprilChina · 34 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Peicheng in AprilChina · 35 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 10.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Anguo in AprilChina · 35 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Zhangzhuang in AprilChina · 37 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.0°C · 46 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 Songlou) is explained once on the Songlou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.