Climate averages 1991–2020
Tongren (Qinghai), China 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 Tongren (Qinghai), China: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about -1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Linxia Chengguanzhen (108 km away). In April its highs average 15.6°C, 3.9°C warmer than Tongren (Qinghai), China, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tongren (Qinghai), China ranks joint 854th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 463rd of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Tongren (Qinghai), China is 8.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 127 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
Tongren (Qinghai), China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.8°C-13.6°C | -13.6°C | 9.2 | 3.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 1.7°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 16 | 4.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 6.1°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 34 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 11.7°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 62 | 11.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 15.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 127 | 18.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 18.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 146 | 20.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 20.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 158 | 19.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 20.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 161 | 20.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 16.6°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 172 | 22.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 10.6°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 107 | 16.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 5.1°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 19 | 4.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 1.0°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 6.0 | 1.9 | 9.810 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
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in AprilChina · 108 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Nianbo in AprilChina · 113 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Xining in AprilChina · 126 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 1.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Qiaotou in AprilChina · 161 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Lanzhou in AprilChina · 175 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 5.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Baiyin in AprilChina · 225 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Dingxi in AprilChina · 236 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Wuwei in AprilChina · 274 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 2.1°C · 9.2 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 Tongren) is explained once on the Tongren (Qinghai), China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.