Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhicheng weather
in April.
A warm, 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 warm month in Zhicheng: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhijiang (28 km away). In April its highs average 22.3°C, about as warm as Zhicheng, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhicheng ranks joint 290th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 641st of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Zhicheng is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 117 mm to 171 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
Zhicheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 43 | 7.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 54 | 8.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 85 | 11.6 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 22.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 117 | 12.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 171 | 13.4 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 227 | 13.8 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 265 | 17.2 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 188 | 16.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 110 | 10.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 83 | 9.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 16.8°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 60 | 8.4 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 30 | 6.1 | 10.210 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
- Zhijiang in AprilChina · 28 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Yichang in AprilChina · 51 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Jingzhou in AprilChina · 66 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Buhe in AprilChina · 70 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Jinshi in AprilChina · 84 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 154 mm rain
- Jingmen in AprilChina · 106 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Xiulin in AprilChina · 108 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 170 mm rain
- Duobao in AprilChina · 121 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 128 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 Zhicheng) is explained once on the Zhicheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.