Climate averages 1991–2020
Zitong weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Zitong: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the joint 6th 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 Bachuan (42 km away). In April its highs average 22.7°C, about as warm as Zitong, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zitong ranks joint 199th of 884 for the warmest April highs and 556th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Zitong is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 121 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
Zitong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.0°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 23 | 6.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 13.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 26 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 51 | 11.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 92 | 12.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 121 | 14.0 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 171 | 14.6 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 196 | 16.6 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 169 | 15.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 121 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 92 | 14.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 51 | 9.1 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.2°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 28 | 7.1 | 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
- Bachuan in AprilChina · 42 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Suining in AprilChina · 44 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Hechuan in AprilChina · 47 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Longgang, China in AprilChina · 55 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Longshui in AprilChina · 68 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Beibei in AprilChina · 70 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 120 mm rain
- Nanchong in AprilChina · 73 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Bishan in AprilChina · 75 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 104 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 Zitong) is explained once on the Zitong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.