Climate averages 1991–2020

Xuancheng 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.

Average high 21.6°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 11.5°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 131 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Xuancheng · average highYear overview

April is a mild month in Xuancheng: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 131 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 54 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuhu (54 km away). In April its highs average 21.4°C, about as warm as Xuancheng, with 120 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xuancheng ranks joint 402nd of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 692nd of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Xuancheng is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 131 mm to 160 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Xuancheng climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Xuancheng, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 8.2°C0.0°C0.0°C739.610.410 h
February 10.9°C2.0°C2.0°C779.711.111 h
March 15.5°C5.9°C5.9°C11712.612.012 h
April, selected 21.6°C11.5°C11.5°C13111.012.913 h
May 26.1°C16.8°C16.8°C16011.013.714 h
June 28.6°C20.9°C20.9°C28614.514.114 h
July 32.2°C24.9°C24.9°C20014.713.914 h
August 31.6°C24.6°C24.6°C16114.613.313 h
September 27.6°C20.1°C20.1°C799.212.412 h
October 22.8°C14.1°C14.1°C666.911.411 h
November 16.9°C7.8°C7.8°C557.810.611 h
December 10.5°C1.7°C1.7°C466.910.210 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

Distance from Xuancheng

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Xuancheng) is explained once on the Xuancheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.