Climate averages 1991–2020
Xichang, China weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Xichang, China: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beihai (24 km away). In April its highs average 26.3°C, about as warm as Xichang, China, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xichang, China ranks joint 63rd of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 524th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Xichang, China is 6.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 195 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
Xichang, China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 27 | 4.9 | 11.011 h |
| February | 20.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 19 | 4.0 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 45 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 26.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 82 | 10.5 | 12.613 h |
| May | 29.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 195 | 18.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.1°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 318 | 23.4 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.3°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 332 | 23.2 | 13.313 h |
| August | 30.3°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 341 | 25.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 202 | 18.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 75 | 8.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 24.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 47 | 6.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 29 | 4.9 | 10.811 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
- Beihai in AprilChina · 24 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Hepu in AprilChina · 26 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Qinzhou in AprilChina · 50 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Fangchenggang in AprilChina · 63 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Gongguan in AprilChina · 70 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Baisha (Guangxi), China in AprilChina · 76 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Shankou in AprilChina · 79 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Dongxing in AprilChina · 102 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 71 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 Xichang) is explained once on the Xichang, China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.