Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhaotong weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet 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 Zhaotong: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Junlian (123 km away). In April its highs average 22.1°C, 3.0°C warmer than Zhaotong, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhaotong ranks joint 651st of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 413th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Zhaotong is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 89 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
Zhaotong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 16 | 3.9 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.9°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 15 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 30 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 19.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 48 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 20.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 89 | 17.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 21.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 159 | 21.8 | 13.814 h |
| July | 23.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 200 | 21.9 | 13.714 h |
| August | 22.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 175 | 20.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 121 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 15.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 80 | 17.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 13.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 30 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| December | 9.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 15 | 4.5 | 10.510 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
- Junlian in AprilChina · 123 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Liupanshui in AprilChina · 137 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 10.2°C · 99 mm rain
- Bijie in AprilChina · 155 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Xichang in AprilChina · 157 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Xunchang in AprilChina · 160 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Shuifu in AprilChina · 161 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Baixi in AprilChina · 174 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Changning in AprilChina · 183 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 91 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 Zhaotong) is explained once on the Zhaotong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.