Climate averages 1991–2020
Wenchang weather
in April.
A hot, 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 hot month in Wenchang: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qionghai (49 km away). In April its highs average 28.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Wenchang, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wenchang ranks joint 9th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 513th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Wenchang is 8.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 mm to 174 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
Wenchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 26 | 7.1 | 11.111 h |
| February | 23.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 29 | 8.2 | 11.511 h |
| March | 26.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 40 | 10.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 29.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 77 | 13.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 174 | 17.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 165 | 18.3 | 13.313 h |
| July | 31.7°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 191 | 20.1 | 13.213 h |
| August | 31.1°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 259 | 25.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 247 | 22.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 179 | 15.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 58 | 10.4 | 11.211 h |
| December | 22.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 33 | 6.8 | 11.011 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
- Qionghai in AprilChina · 49 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Qiongshan in AprilChina · 69 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Haikou in AprilChina · 72 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Wanning in AprilChina · 95 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Xucheng in AprilChina · 109 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Nada in AprilChina · 128 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Dacheng in AprilChina · 148 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Wuzhishan in AprilChina · 161 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 97 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 Wenchang) is explained once on the Wenchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.