Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhengzhou weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Zhengzhou: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinxiang (50 km away). In April its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Zhengzhou, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhengzhou ranks joint 199th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 205th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Zhengzhou is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 58 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
Zhengzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 9.8 | 2.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.5°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 15 | 2.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 25 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 23.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 36 | 4.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 58 | 6.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 86 | 7.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 32.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 182 | 14.3 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 146 | 13.7 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 83 | 8.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 42 | 4.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.7°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 30 | 4.6 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 9.9 | 2.3 | 9.910 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
- Xinxiang in AprilChina · 50 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 9.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Kaifeng in AprilChina · 60 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Jiaozuo in AprilChina · 65 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 9.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Yuzhou in AprilChina · 69 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Xuchang in AprilChina · 83 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Jiyuan in AprilChina · 103 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Luoyang in AprilChina · 111 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Jincheng in AprilChina · 111 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.1°C · 37 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 Zhengzhou) is explained once on the Zhengzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.