Climate averages 1991–2020

Wuzhong weather
in April.

A mild, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 20.0°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 5.1°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 12 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Wuzhong · average highYear overview

April is a mild month in Wuzhong: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 12 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 Yinchuan (54 km away). In April its highs average 18.8°C, 1.2°C cooler than Wuzhong, with 13 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wuzhong ranks joint 591st of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 26th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Wuzhong is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 20 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -15-10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Wuzhong climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Wuzhong, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 0.7°C-10.0°C-10.0°C1.40.59.910 h
February 5.5°C-6.6°C-6.6°C3.00.910.811 h
March 12.7°C-1.2°C-1.2°C7.51.811.912 h
April, selected 20.0°C5.1°C5.1°C122.613.213 h
May 25.3°C10.9°C10.9°C203.514.214 h
June 29.8°C16.3°C16.3°C304.214.815 h
July 31.3°C18.9°C18.9°C536.114.515 h
August 29.0°C17.5°C17.5°C547.313.614 h
September 23.8°C12.2°C12.2°C426.512.512 h
October 17.2°C5.0°C5.0°C173.411.211 h
November 9.3°C-2.3°C-2.3°C5.91.010.210 h
December 1.9°C-8.0°C-8.0°C1.10.49.610 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

Distance from Wuzhong

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Wuzhong) is explained once on the Wuzhong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.