Beijing weather in April

In April, Beijing sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 19 mm of precipitation across 3.9 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Beijing's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Beijing's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 19 mm; 3.9 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 5:43 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 7th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.58 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

Beijing is capital city of China.

Air quality: Very high; PM2.5 50.6 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 1,155/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1403

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical April day in Beijing reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 8°C warmer than March and about 7°C cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	5
2	18	5
3	19	5
4	19	5
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	20	6
8	20	7
9	20	7
10	21	7
11	21	7
12	21	8
13	21	8
14	22	8
15	22	8
16	22	9
17	22	9
18	23	9
19	23	9
20	23	10
21	23	10
22	24	10
23	24	10
24	24	11
25	24	11
26	25	11
27	25	11
28	25	11
29	25	12
30	25	12

How April really feels in Beijing

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Beijing weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	2° / -8°	3	0.8	0.9	9.5	0.0
Feb	6° / -5°	5	1.3	1.1	10.4	0.8
Mar	13° / 1°	9	2.3	0.6	11.7	4.7
Apr	22° / 8°	19	3.9	0.1	13	7.8
May	29° / 15°	35	5	0	14.2	6.4
Jun	32° / 20°	74	7.8	0	14.8	4.0
Jul	32° / 23°	160	12.8	0	14.5	3.5
Aug	31° / 22°	119	10.5	0	13.6	4.4
Sep	27° / 16°	57	7.1	0	12.3	6.9
Oct	20° / 8°	33	4.3	0	10.9	7.4
Nov	10° / -1°	14	2.1	0.9	9.8	3.1
Dec	3° / -6°	3	1	1.1	9.2	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	68	68	67	67	66	65	65	65	65	64	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	63
Cloudier (%)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	32	32	33	33	34	35	35	35	35	36	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	64	36
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	63	37

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Beijing gets around 19 mm of rain and snow over 3.9 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 13% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	11
2	11
3	11
4	12
5	12
6	12
7	12
8	12
9	12
10	12
11	12
12	12
13	12
14	12
15	13
16	13
17	13
18	13
19	13
20	13
21	13
22	14
23	14
24	14
25	14
26	14
27	14
28	14
29	14
30	14

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	96
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 5:23 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 7:01 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:07	6:06	6:04	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:57	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:30	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:24	5:23
Sunset (PM)	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:59	7:00	7:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:07	6:31
2	12.4	6:06	6:32
3	12.5	6:04	6:33
4	12.5	6:02	6:34
5	12.6	6:01	6:35
6	12.6	5:59	6:36
7	12.7	5:57	6:37
8	12.7	5:56	6:38
9	12.7	5:54	6:39
10	12.8	5:53	6:40
11	12.8	5:51	6:41
12	12.9	5:49	6:42
13	12.9	5:48	6:43
14	13.0	5:46	6:44
15	13.0	5:45	6:45
16	13.1	5:43	6:46
17	13.1	5:42	6:47
18	13.1	5:40	6:48
19	13.2	5:39	6:49
20	13.2	5:37	6:50
21	13.3	5:36	6:51
22	13.3	5:34	6:52
23	13.3	5:33	6:53
24	13.4	5:31	6:54
25	13.4	5:30	6:55
26	13.5	5:28	6:56
27	13.5	5:27	6:57
28	13.5	5:26	6:59
29	13.6	5:24	7:00
30	13.6	5:23	7:01

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.26 kWh/m² to a high of 6.12 kWh/m² in May across the year — April's 5.58 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Beijing

In seasonPeak

In April, Beijing sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Beijing's rainy season runs June–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Beijing sees seasonal dust haze (April–June), heaviest in May.

Rainy season

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Beijing?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.8

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Beijing for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Beijing in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Beijing sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Beijing in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Beijing peaks around June 11 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	2	3	6	7	7	6	5	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	High	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	6	High
Aug	5	High
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Beijing in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Beijing is worst in January — around 69 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (June, 34 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Beijing's WHO annual average of 50.6 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	69	63	57	41	35	34	35	37	46	57	67	67
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	69	Unhealthy
Feb	63	Unhealthy
Mar	57	Unhealthy
Apr	41	Poor
May	35	Poor
Jun	34	Moderate
Jul	35	Moderate
Aug	37	Poor
Sep	46	Poor
Oct	57	Unhealthy
Nov	67	Unhealthy
Dec	67	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Beijing?

Beijing sits at 39.9°N, 116.4°E, 49 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Tianjin, 108 km away.

Topography around Beijing

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Beijing.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Beijing has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 48 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,093 m.

The land around Beijing is covered by artificial surfaces (82%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (70%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (35%), trees (34%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

51 m

artificial surfaces 82%

16 km

107 m

artificial surfaces 70%

80 km

2,093 m

cropland 35%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← March Beijing year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Tianjin 108 km · Chengde 176 km · Datong 265 km · Jinan 364 km · Dalian 461 km · Qingdao 552 km · Zhengzhou 622 km · Songyang 675 km

China travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / I; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 47% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $13,862; 2025
Happiness: 6.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.5; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 17.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 464
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Beijing (39.9075°, 116.3972°, elevation 49 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	5
2	18	5
3	19	5
4	19	5
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	20	6
8	20	7
9	20	7
10	21	7
11	21	7
12	21	8
13	21	8
14	22	8
15	22	8
16	22	9
17	22	9
18	23	9
19	23	9
20	23	10
21	23	10
22	24	10
23	24	10
24	24	11
25	24	11
26	25	11
27	25	11
28	25	11
29	25	12
30	25	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	64	36
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	11
2	11
3	11
4	12
5	12
6	12
7	12
8	12
9	12
10	12
11	12
12	12
13	12
14	12
15	13
16	13
17	13
18	13
19	13
20	13
21	13
22	14
23	14
24	14
25	14
26	14
27	14
28	14
29	14
30	14

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	5
2	18	5
3	19	5
4	19	5
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	20	6
8	20	7
9	20	7
10	21	7
11	21	7
12	21	8
13	21	8
14	22	8
15	22	8
16	22	9
17	22	9
18	23	9
19	23	9
20	23	10
21	23	10
22	24	10
23	24	10
24	24	11
25	24	11
26	25	11
27	25	11
28	25	11
29	25	12
30	25	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	64	36
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	11
2	11
3	11
4	12
5	12
6	12
7	12
8	12
9	12
10	12
11	12
12	12
13	12
14	12
15	13
16	13
17	13
18	13
19	13
20	13
21	13
22	14
23	14
24	14
25	14
26	14
27	14
28	14
29	14
30	14

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	5
2	18	5
3	19	5
4	19	5
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	20	6
8	20	7
9	20	7
10	21	7
11	21	7
12	21	8
13	21	8
14	22	8
15	22	8
16	22	9
17	22	9
18	23	9
19	23	9
20	23	10
21	23	10
22	24	10
23	24	10
24	24	11
25	24	11
26	25	11
27	25	11
28	25	11
29	25	12
30	25	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	64	36
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	11
2	11
3	11
4	12
5	12
6	12
7	12
8	12
9	12
10	12
11	12
12	12
13	12
14	12
15	13
16	13
17	13
18	13
19	13
20	13
21	13
22	14
23	14
24	14
25	14
26	14
27	14
28	14
29	14
30	14

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4