Climate averages 1991–2020
Xunchang weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Xunchang: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changning (24 km away). In April its highs average 23.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Xunchang, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xunchang ranks joint 380th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 499th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Xunchang is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 71 mm to 99 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
Xunchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 34 | 10.0 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 33 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 52 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 21.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 71 | 13.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 99 | 14.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 163 | 17.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 247 | 21.4 | 13.814 h |
| August | 29.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 248 | 20.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 25.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 130 | 15.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 80 | 16.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 48 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 10.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 34 | 9.1 | 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
- Changning in AprilChina · 24 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Baixi in AprilChina · 32 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Yibin in AprilChina · 35 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Shuifu in AprilChina · 36 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Junlian in AprilChina · 37 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Nanxi in AprilChina · 50 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Gusong in AprilChina · 53 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 114 mm rain
- Xuyong in AprilChina · 77 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 119 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 Xunchang) is explained once on the Xunchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.