Chengdu weather in April

In April, Chengdu sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 43 mm of rain across 7.9 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Chengdu's 7th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chengdu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
6th warmest
Overnight low
15°
6th coldest
Rainfall
43 mm
7.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:42 AM – 7:26 PM
Cloud cover
73%
7th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Chengdu is capital of Sichuan Province, China.

Air quality
Very high
PM2.5 49.3 µg/m³ · 2018
Density
944/km²
people per km²
Founded
~310 BCE

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

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical April day in Chengdu reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 6°C warmer than March and about 4°C cooler than May.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12012
22012
32113
42113
52113
62113
72113
82213
92213
102214
112214
122214
132314
142314
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262616
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282617
292617
302617

How April really feels in Chengdu

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Chengdu weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan10° / 3110.22.5
Feb12° / 7210.93.8
Mar17° / 10°195.511.85.8
Apr23° / 15°437.912.76.7
May27° / 18°669.713.56.1
Jun29° / 21°12811.713.95.0
Jul30° / 23°29219.813.83.6
Aug30° / 23°29019.813.13.9
Sep26° / 19°13412.812.25.9
Oct21° / 15°408.511.26.3
Nov16° / 10°164.310.45.5
Dec11° / 41.310.13.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32377
42377
52377
62476
72476
82476
92476
102476
112476
122575
132575
142674
152674
162674
172674
182674
192773
202773
212773
222773
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252773
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292773
302674

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Chengdu gets around 43 mm of rain over 7.9 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 27% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
126
226
326
426
526
626
726
826
926
1025
1125
1225
1325
1425
1525
1625
1725
1825
1925
2026
2126
2227
2327
2428
2528
2629
2729
2830
2931
3031

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 70% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1871210
2861310
3851410
4831520
5831520
6821620
7811720
8811720
9801820
10791920
11772030
12762130
13742240
14742240
15722350
16712450
17682561
18672661
19652771
20652771
21632881
22602992
23602992
245730103
255630113
265331124
275331124
285231134
295031145
304931155

Wind in April

Winds average 7 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
217calm
227calm
237calm
247calm
257calm
267calm
277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 7:00 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 7:17 PM to 7:36 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.37:007:17
212.36:597:17
312.36:577:18
412.46:567:19
512.46:557:19
612.46:547:20
712.56:527:21
812.56:517:21
912.56:507:22
1012.66:497:22
1112.66:487:23
1212.66:467:24
1312.76:457:24
1412.76:447:25
1512.76:437:26
1612.76:427:26
1712.86:407:27
1812.86:397:28
1912.86:387:28
2012.96:377:29
2112.96:367:30
2212.96:357:30
2313.06:347:31
2413.06:337:32
2513.06:327:32
2613.06:317:33
2713.16:307:34
2813.16:297:34
2913.16:287:35
3013.16:277:36

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.98 kWh/m² to a high of 4.59 kWh/m² in May across the year — April's 4.25 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.7Moderate
23.7Moderate
33.7Moderate
43.8Moderate
53.8Moderate
63.8Moderate
73.9Moderate
83.9Moderate
93.9Moderate
104.0Moderate
114.0Bright
124.1Bright
134.1Bright
144.2Bright
154.2Bright
164.3Bright
174.3Bright
184.3Bright
194.4Bright
204.4Bright
214.5Bright
224.5Bright
234.5Bright
244.6Bright
254.6Bright
264.6Bright
274.6Bright
284.6Bright
294.7Bright
304.7Bright
Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Chengdu

In seasonPeak

None of Chengdu's seasonal hazards are active in April. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Chengdu's rainy season runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is April a good time to visit Chengdu?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Chengdu for sightseeing.

What to pack for Chengdu in April

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

In April, Chengdu sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes. About 8 days see rain.

light clothes

UV index in Chengdu in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chengdu peaks around July 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 16UV 10Jan 11UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar7High
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Chengdu 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 Chengdu is worst in January — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Chengdu's WHO annual average of 49.3 µg/m³.

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 1859 µg/m³Aug 1038 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan60Unhealthy
Feb58Unhealthy
Mar57Unhealthy
Apr50Poor
May47Poor
Jun39Poor
Jul38Poor
Aug38Poor
Sep44Poor
Oct49Poor
Nov54Poor
Dec57Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Chengdu?

Chengdu sits at 30.7°N, 104.1°E, 499 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Leshan, 126 km away.

GuiyangShangri-LaLijiangXi'anFenghuangKunming

Topography around Chengdu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chengdu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 501 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,717 m.

The land around Chengdu is covered by artificial surfaces (88%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (55%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
124 m
80 km
3,717 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
April weather nearby: Leshan 126 km · Chongqing 269 km · Guiyang 523 km · Shangri-La 528 km · Lijiang 565 km · Xi'an 606 km · Fenghuang 616 km · Kunming 640 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
unaffiliated 52%folk religion 22%Buddhist 18%Christian 5%

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 Chengdu (30.6667°, 104.0667°, elevation 499 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).