Climate averages 1991–2020
Xichang weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Xichang: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhaotong (157 km away). In April its highs average 19.1°C, 4.9°C cooler than Xichang, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xichang ranks joint 138th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 380th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Xichang is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 97 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 climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 23 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 16.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 18 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 20.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 32 | 7.6 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 24.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 46 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 97 | 15.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 193 | 22.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 220 | 22.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 25.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 201 | 21.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 23.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 160 | 19.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 129 | 18.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 48 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 13.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 29 | 6.9 | 10.410 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
- Zhaotong in AprilChina · 157 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Junlian in AprilChina · 223 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Shuifu in AprilChina · 225 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Lijiang in AprilChina · 232 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 6.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Leshan in AprilChina · 236 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Kangding in AprilChina · 236 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Luocheng in AprilChina · 239 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Baixi in AprilChina · 241 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 75 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 year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.