Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangjiajie weather
in April.
A mild, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Zhangjiajie: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 220 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jishou (116 km away). In April its highs average 21.0°C, about as warm as Zhangjiajie, with 270 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangjiajie ranks joint 413th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 839th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Zhangjiajie is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 220 mm to 247 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
Zhangjiajie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 71 | 10.4 | 10.511 h |
| February | 11.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 96 | 11.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 15.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 150 | 15.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 21.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 220 | 16.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 247 | 16.5 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 293 | 18.2 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 317 | 19.9 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 165 | 16.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 111 | 11.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 115 | 11.4 | 11.511 h |
| November | 16.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 92 | 10.4 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 46 | 8.3 | 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
- Jishou in AprilChina · 116 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 270 mm rain
- Changde in AprilChina · 119 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Jinshi in AprilChina · 145 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 154 mm rain
- Fenghuang in AprilChina · 158 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 231 mm rain
- Enshi in AprilChina · 162 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 12.9°C · 162 mm rain
- Zhicheng in AprilChina · 163 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Zhonghe in AprilChina · 164 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 184 mm rain
- Zhongduo in AprilChina · 170 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 201 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 Zhangjiajie) is explained once on the Zhangjiajie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.