Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhenjiang weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Zhenjiang: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yangzhou (21 km away). In April its highs average 20.6°C, about as warm as Zhenjiang, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhenjiang ranks joint 534th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 538th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Zhenjiang is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 114 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
Zhenjiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 53 | 7.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 9.9°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 53 | 8.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.5°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 76 | 9.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 20.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 87 | 9.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 114 | 9.4 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 210 | 11.8 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 231 | 15.1 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 171 | 14.7 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 86 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 56 | 6.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 55 | 6.7 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 35 | 5.5 | 10.110 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
- Yangzhou in AprilChina · 21 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Xiannü in AprilChina · 26 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Zhenzhou in AprilChina · 28 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Taizhou (Jiangsu), China in AprilChina · 53 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Taixing in AprilChina · 53 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Gaoyou in AprilChina · 64 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Nanjing in AprilChina · 66 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Changzhou in AprilChina · 68 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.1°C · 95 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 Zhenjiang) is explained once on the Zhenjiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.