Climate averages 1991–2020
Zigong weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th 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 Zigong: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Neijiang (39 km away). In April its highs average 23.0°C, about as warm as Zigong, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zigong ranks joint 159th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 484th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Zigong is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 92 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
Zigong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 22 | 7.2 | 10.510 h |
| February | 13.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 25 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 18.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 40 | 9.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 68 | 12.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 92 | 13.4 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 153 | 16.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 230 | 20.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 30.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 210 | 18.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 114 | 14.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 67 | 14.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 37 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 23 | 6.9 | 10.310 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
- Neijiang in AprilChina · 39 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Nanxi in AprilChina · 59 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Fuji, China in AprilChina · 62 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Yibin in AprilChina · 66 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Luocheng in AprilChina · 73 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Baixi in AprilChina · 75 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Changyuan in AprilChina · 79 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Luzhou in AprilChina · 81 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 87 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 Zigong) is explained once on the Zigong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.