Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongshan weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Zhongshan: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nantou, China (24 km away). In April its highs average 27.0°C, about as warm as Zhongshan, with 176 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongshan ranks joint 52nd of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 714th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Zhongshan is 6.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 137 mm to 238 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
Zhongshan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 31 | 5.3 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 41 | 7.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 76 | 11.8 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 26.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 137 | 14.8 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 238 | 20.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 283 | 22.4 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.0°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 221 | 21.6 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 286 | 23.5 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 197 | 16.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 63 | 6.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 34 | 5.2 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 31 | 4.3 | 10.811 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
- Nantou, China in AprilChina · 24 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 176 mm rain
- Jiangmen in AprilChina · 31 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 164 mm rain
- Zhuhai in AprilChina · 34 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Jing’an in AprilChina · 36 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Daliang in AprilChina · 38 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 176 mm rain
- Macau in AprilMacao · 40 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Humen in AprilChina · 45 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 161 mm rain
- Shiqiao in AprilChina · 47 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 197 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 Zhongshan) is explained once on the Zhongshan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.