Climate averages 1991–2020
Tacheng weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Tacheng: daytime highs average 15.9°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karamay (197 km away). In April its highs average 20.2°C, 4.3°C warmer than Tacheng, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tacheng ranks joint 740th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 182nd of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Tacheng is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 33 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
Tacheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.2°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 21 | 5.5 | 9.09 h |
| February | -1.6°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 17 | 4.6 | 10.310 h |
| March | 6.1°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 23 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.9°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 34 | 6.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 22.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 33 | 5.8 | 15.015 h |
| June | 27.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 28 | 5.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 29.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 28 | 5.8 | 15.515 h |
| August | 28.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 20 | 4.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 19 | 3.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 24 | 5.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.2°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 41 | 7.2 | 9.49 h |
| December | -2.9°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 29 | 6.4 | 8.69 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
- Karamay in AprilChina · 197 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Bole in AprilChina · 217 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Sarqant in AprilKazakhstan · 277 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Wusu in AprilChina · 290 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Ghulja in AprilChina · 340 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Huocheng in AprilChina · 341 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 5.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Qarasu in AprilChina · 345 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in AprilKazakhstan · 360 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low -0.6°C · 48 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 Tacheng) is explained once on the Tacheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.