Climate averages 1991–2020
Chita weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry 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 cool month in Chita: daytime highs average 8.5°C and nights cool to about -3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 52 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ulan-Ude (405 km away). In April its highs average 9.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Chita, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Chita ranks joint 162nd of 236 for the warmest April highs and joint 2nd of 236 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 236 cities is 9.5°C; Chita is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 8.0°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Chita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -17.2°C-28.9°C | -28.9°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 8.38 h |
| February | -10.1°C-24.0°C | -24.0°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 9.910 h |
| March | -0.7°C-13.3°C | -13.3°C | 4.4 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 8.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 15 | 3.7 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 39 | 7.1 | 15.716 h |
| June | 23.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 53 | 10.0 | 16.617 h |
| July | 25.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 83 | 11.2 | 16.216 h |
| August | 21.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 83 | 11.4 | 14.715 h |
| September | 14.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 47 | 7.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 5.2°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 12 | 2.7 | 10.711 h |
| November | -6.0°C-14.3°C | -14.3°C | 5.1 | 1.9 | 8.99 h |
| December | -15.6°C-24.6°C | -24.6°C | 3.4 | 1.1 | 7.88 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Ulan-Ude in AprilRussia · 405 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -2.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Jalai Nur in AprilChina · 413 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -2.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Hailar in AprilChina · 540 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -3.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Hulunbuir in AprilChina · 542 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -3.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Genhe in AprilChina · 574 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -4.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Yakeshi in AprilChina · 595 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -3.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Darhan in AprilMongolia · 603 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low -1.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Irkutsk in AprilRussia · 628 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -2.7°C · 22 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 Chita) is explained once on the Chita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.