Climate averages 1991–2020
Ya'an weather
in April.
A mild, 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 Ya'an: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Meishan (81 km away). In April its highs average 23.0°C, 2.8°C warmer than Ya'an, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ya'an ranks joint 567th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 593rd of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Ya'an is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 129 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
Ya'an climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 45 | 12.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 10.8°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 52 | 13.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 15.2°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 76 | 15.2 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 20.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 104 | 15.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 23.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 129 | 17.1 | 13.614 h |
| June | 26.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 168 | 18.2 | 14.014 h |
| July | 27.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 284 | 22.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 27.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 329 | 22.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 23.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 197 | 20.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 119 | 20.4 | 11.511 h |
| November | 14.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 76 | 15.5 | 10.711 h |
| December | 9.8°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 44 | 12.4 | 10.310 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
- Meishan in AprilChina · 81 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Leshan in AprilChina · 88 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Kangding in AprilChina · 100 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Luocheng in AprilChina · 120 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Chengdu in AprilChina · 127 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Ziyang in AprilChina · 159 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Deyang in AprilChina · 184 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Zigong in AprilChina · 186 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 68 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 Ya'an) is explained once on the Ya'an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.