Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangye weather
in April.
A mild, very dry 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 Zhangye: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinchang (159 km away). In April its highs average 18.0°C, about as warm as Zhangye, with 7.9 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangye ranks joint 696th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 11th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Zhangye is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.4 mm to 13 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
Zhangye climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-13.0°C | -13.0°C | 1.6 | 0.7 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.1°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.3°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 5.2 | 1.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 7.4 | 2.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.9°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 13 | 3.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.1°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 20 | 4.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 39 | 6.6 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 32 | 6.0 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 23 | 4.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 7.2 | 2.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.6°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 2.4 | 0.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 1.1°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 2.5 | 0.9 | 9.59 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
- Jinchang in AprilChina · 159 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Jiuquan in AprilChina · 189 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 2.6°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Jiayuguan in AprilChina · 210 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 3.1°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Wuwei in AprilChina · 220 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 2.1°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Qiaotou in AprilChina · 247 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in AprilChina · 254 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 0.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Xining in AprilChina · 281 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 1.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Nianbo in AprilChina · 323 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 35 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 Zhangye) is explained once on the Zhangye year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.