Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhanjiang weather
in April.
A hot, 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 hot month in Zhanjiang: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 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 37 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuchuan (46 km away). In April its highs average 27.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Zhanjiang, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhanjiang ranks 18th of 884 for the warmest April highs and 585th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Zhanjiang is 7.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 207 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
Zhanjiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 27 | 4.7 | 11.011 h |
| February | 22.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 26 | 5.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 25.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 45 | 8.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 28.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 101 | 13.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 207 | 19.9 | 13.113 h |
| June | 31.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 248 | 21.4 | 13.413 h |
| July | 31.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 216 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| August | 31.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 268 | 24.7 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 182 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 75 | 8.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 31 | 5.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 21.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 28 | 3.9 | 10.911 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
- Wuchuan in AprilChina · 46 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 123 mm rain
- Lianjiang in AprilChina · 47 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Huazhou in AprilChina · 49 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 167 mm rain
- Maoming in AprilChina · 73 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 160 mm rain
- Shankou in AprilChina · 80 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Gaozhou in AprilChina · 90 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 158 mm rain
- Baisha (Guangxi), China in AprilChina · 91 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Gongguan in AprilChina · 103 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 103 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 Zhanjiang) is explained once on the Zhanjiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.