Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhijiang 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 Zhijiang: 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 109 mm of rain on roughly 11 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 Zhicheng (28 km away). In April its highs average 22.3°C, about as warm as Zhijiang, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhijiang ranks joint 290th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 619th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Zhijiang is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 109 mm to 163 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
Zhijiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 38 | 6.4 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.7°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 46 | 7.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 74 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 22.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 109 | 11.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 163 | 12.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 218 | 13.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 246 | 16.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 170 | 14.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 97 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 83 | 9.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 16.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 59 | 7.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 26 | 5.2 | 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
- Zhicheng in AprilChina · 28 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Jingzhou in AprilChina · 43 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Buhe in AprilChina · 48 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Yichang in AprilChina · 55 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Jingmen in AprilChina · 81 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Jinshi in AprilChina · 91 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 154 mm rain
- Duobao in AprilChina · 94 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 128 mm rain
- Xiulin in AprilChina · 100 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 170 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 Zhijiang) is explained once on the Zhijiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.