Climate averages 1991–2020
Xinshi weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Xinshi: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chengzhong (41 km away). In April its highs average 22.2°C, about as warm as Xinshi, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xinshi ranks joint 364th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 710th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Xinshi is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 136 mm to 174 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
Xinshi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 40 | 6.6 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 51 | 7.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 81 | 10.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 21.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 136 | 10.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 174 | 12.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 226 | 12.9 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 254 | 15.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 140 | 14.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 91 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 75 | 7.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 56 | 7.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.6°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 27 | 5.1 | 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
- Chengzhong in AprilChina · 41 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 133 mm rain
- Jingling in AprilChina · 44 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Zhongxiang in AprilChina · 55 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Anlu in AprilChina · 56 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 122 mm rain
- Duobao in AprilChina · 60 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 128 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Hubei), China in AprilChina · 74 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 145 mm rain
- Hanchuan in AprilChina · 74 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 148 mm rain
- Xiaogan in AprilChina · 76 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.5°C · 141 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 Xinshi) is explained once on the Xinshi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.