Climate averages 1991–2020
Yinchuan weather
in April.
A mild, very dry 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 Yinchuan: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xigang (11 km away). In April its highs average 18.6°C, about as warm as Yinchuan, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yinchuan ranks joint 664th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 29th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Yinchuan is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Yinchuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.6°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.7°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 3.3 | 1.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.4°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 9.5 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 13 | 2.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 24.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 22 | 3.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 32 | 4.5 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 54 | 6.5 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 52 | 7.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 41 | 6.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.6°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 5.9 | 1.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | 1.9°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 9.510 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Xigang in AprilChina · 11 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 4.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Wuzhong in AprilChina · 54 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 5.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Shizuishan in AprilChina · 58 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 6.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Bayan Hot in AprilChina · 67 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Shitanjing in AprilChina · 85 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 5.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Huinong in AprilChina · 95 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 5.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Wuda in AprilChina · 121 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Zhongwei in AprilChina · 143 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 12 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 Yinchuan) is explained once on the Yinchuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Xigang lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.