Climate averages 1991–2020
Wuwei weather
in April.
A mild, very dry 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 mild month in Wuwei: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.2 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinchang (74 km away). In April its highs average 18.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Wuwei, with 7.9 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wuwei ranks joint 701st of 884 for the warmest April highs and 19th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Wuwei is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.2 mm to 17 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
Wuwei climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.4°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 1.7 | 0.7 | 9.910 h |
| February | 3.6°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 2.1 | 0.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 10.0°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 5.3 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.4°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 9.2 | 2.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 17 | 4.3 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.7°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 24 | 4.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 43 | 6.5 | 14.515 h |
| August | 26.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 44 | 7.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 21.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 37 | 8.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 14 | 3.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.6°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 1.3°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 9.610 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
- Jinchang in AprilChina · 74 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Qiaotou in AprilChina · 139 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Nianbo in AprilChina · 162 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Xining in AprilChina · 164 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 1.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Baiyin in AprilChina · 205 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Zhangye in AprilChina · 220 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Zhongwei in AprilChina · 230 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Lanzhou in AprilChina · 234 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 5.5°C · 24 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 Wuwei) is explained once on the Wuwei year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.