Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongshu weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Zhongshu: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miyang (35 km away). In April its highs average 27.0°C, 2.4°C warmer than Zhongshu, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongshu ranks joint 123rd of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 450th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Zhongshu is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 112 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
Zhongshu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 29 | 5.1 | 10.811 h |
| February | 17.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 23 | 4.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 22.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 38 | 6.8 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 24.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 56 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 25.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 112 | 13.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 213 | 21.9 | 13.614 h |
| July | 24.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 223 | 24.6 | 13.513 h |
| August | 24.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 197 | 23.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 22.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 117 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 65 | 11.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 14.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 18 | 3.3 | 10.611 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
- Miyang in AprilChina · 35 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China in AprilChina · 102 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Qujing in AprilChina · 108 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Kunming in AprilChina · 121 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Haikou, China in AprilChina · 124 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Yuxi in AprilChina · 125 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Majie in AprilChina · 128 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Xingyi in AprilChina · 132 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 81 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 Zhongshu) is explained once on the Zhongshu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.