Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiantao weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Xiantao: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hanchuan (44 km away). In April its highs average 22.3°C, about as warm as Xiantao, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiantao ranks joint 290th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 767th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Xiantao is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 165 mm to 205 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
Xiantao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.2°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 53 | 8.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 71 | 9.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 108 | 12.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 22.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 165 | 12.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 205 | 12.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 267 | 14.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 236 | 13.8 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 129 | 13.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 95 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 69 | 7.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 58 | 7.7 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.4°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 32 | 5.6 | 10.210 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
- Hanchuan in AprilChina · 44 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 148 mm rain
- Jingling in AprilChina · 45 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Hubei), China in AprilChina · 53 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 145 mm rain
- Caidian in AprilChina · 61 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 165 mm rain
- Xindi in AprilChina · 62 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 181 mm rain
- Chengzhong in AprilChina · 65 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 133 mm rain
- Xiaogan in AprilChina · 77 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.5°C · 141 mm rain
- Duobao in AprilChina · 79 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 128 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 Xiantao) is explained once on the Xiantao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.