Climate averages 1991–2020
Xincheng weather
in April.
A warm, 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.
April is a warm month in Xincheng: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ālā'ĕr (191 km away). In April its highs average 23.7°C, 1.5°C warmer than Xincheng, with 2.5 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xincheng ranks joint 309th of 884 for the warmest April highs and 13th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Xincheng is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.6 mm to 12 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
Xincheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-11.3°C | -11.3°C | 1.6 | 0.6 | 9.510 h |
| February | 4.9°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 5.1 | 1.5 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 22.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 7.6 | 2.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 27.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 12 | 2.7 | 14.515 h |
| June | 31.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 13 | 3.9 | 15.115 h |
| July | 33.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 13 | 3.8 | 14.915 h |
| August | 31.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 13 | 3.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 10 | 2.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 8.0 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.4°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 5.6 | 1.4 | 9.910 h |
| December | 0.3°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 9.29 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
- Ālā'ĕr in AprilChina · 191 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Xinyuan in AprilChina · 192 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Aqsu in AprilChina · 229 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Wensu in AprilChina · 230 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Korla in AprilChina · 267 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Ghulja in AprilChina · 278 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Huocheng in AprilChina · 309 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 5.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Wusu in AprilChina · 334 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 43 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 Xincheng) is explained once on the Xincheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.