Climate averages 1991–2020
Yichang weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Yichang: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th 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 Zhicheng (51 km away). In April its highs average 22.3°C, about as warm as Yichang, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yichang ranks joint 364th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 535th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Yichang is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 126 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
Yichang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 31 | 6.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 38 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 65 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 21.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 85 | 11.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 126 | 12.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 191 | 13.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 230 | 18.8 | 13.914 h |
| August | 30.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 161 | 16.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.6°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 101 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 81 | 9.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 55 | 8.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.1°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 26 | 5.7 | 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
- Zhicheng in AprilChina · 51 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Zhijiang in AprilChina · 55 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Jingmen in AprilChina · 95 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Jingzhou in AprilChina · 96 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Buhe in AprilChina · 102 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Nanzhang Chengguanzhen in AprilChina · 130 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Zhongxiang in AprilChina · 134 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Duobao in AprilChina · 134 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 128 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 Yichang) is explained once on the Yichang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.