Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhonghe weather
in April.
A mild, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Zhonghe: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 184 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhongduo (49 km away). In April its highs average 19.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Zhonghe, with 201 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhonghe ranks joint 526th of 884 for the warmest April highs and 805th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Zhonghe is level with that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 184 mm to 241 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
Zhonghe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 76 | 13.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 10.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 89 | 14.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 14.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 133 | 17.8 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 20.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 184 | 18.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 241 | 18.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 268 | 18.5 | 13.914 h |
| July | 30.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 240 | 18.0 | 13.814 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 151 | 15.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 122 | 12.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 130 | 13.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 96 | 12.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 10.0°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 59 | 10.9 | 10.410 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
- Zhongduo in AprilChina · 49 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 201 mm rain
- Jishou in AprilChina · 74 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 270 mm rain
- Fenghuang in AprilChina · 83 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 231 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in AprilChina · 84 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 177 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in AprilChina · 122 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 159 mm rain
- Hanjia in AprilChina · 124 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 169 mm rain
- Huaihua in AprilChina · 140 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 240 mm rain
- Wulong (approximate) in AprilChina · 154 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.3°C · 158 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 Zhonghe) is explained once on the Zhonghe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.