Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangzhou weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Zhangzhou: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiamen (43 km away). In April its highs average 23.9°C, 1.7°C cooler than Zhangzhou, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangzhou ranks joint 101st of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 590th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Zhangzhou is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 103 mm to 189 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
Zhangzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 35 | 5.1 | 10.811 h |
| February | 19.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 52 | 8.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 21.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 80 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 103 | 12.9 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 189 | 16.7 | 13.313 h |
| June | 29.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 253 | 19.9 | 13.614 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 200 | 18.1 | 13.513 h |
| August | 31.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 263 | 20.8 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 142 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 43 | 4.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 47 | 4.6 | 11.011 h |
| December | 20.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 39 | 4.9 | 10.611 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
- Xiamen in AprilChina · 43 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 108 mm rain
- Longyan in AprilChina · 90 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 194 mm rain
- Ximeicun in AprilChina · 91 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Jinjiang in AprilChina · 99 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Quanzhou in AprilChina · 104 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Huanggang (Guangdong), China in AprilChina · 114 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Chaozhou in AprilChina · 142 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 132 mm rain
- Chenghua in AprilChina · 148 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 107 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 Zhangzhou) is explained once on the Zhangzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.