Datong weather in April

In April, Datong sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 27 mm of precipitation across 4.7 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 14°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% 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 Datong's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Datong's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 27 mm; 4.7 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 5:55 AM – 6:59 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 7th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.75 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

Datong is prefecture-level city in Shanxi, China.

Air quality: Very high; PM2.5 36.6 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 132/km²; people per km²

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 14°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical April day in Datong reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 8°C warmer than March and about 6°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)	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	-1
2	13	0
3	14	0
4	14	0
5	14	0
6	14	0
7	15	1
8	15	1
9	15	1
10	15	1
11	16	1
12	16	2
13	16	2
14	16	2
15	17	2
16	17	2
17	17	3
18	17	3
19	18	3
20	18	3
21	18	4
22	18	4
23	19	4
24	19	4
25	19	5
26	19	5
27	19	5
28	20	5
29	20	6
30	20	6

How April really feels in Datong

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 18 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

The story in April is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Datong 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	-3° / -15°	3	0.9	1.1	9.5	0.0
Feb	2° / -11°	5	1.8	1.8	10.4	0.0
Mar	9° / -4°	14	3.6	2.1	11.7	2.1
Apr	17° / 2°	27	4.7	0.9	13	6.0
May	23° / 9°	39	6	0.1	14.2	7.4
Jun	27° / 15°	59	9.4	0	14.8	6.6
Jul	28° / 18°	96	11.8	0	14.6	5.6
Aug	27° / 16°	88	10.5	0	13.6	6.5
Sep	22° / 10°	67	8.8	0	12.3	6.9
Oct	15° / 3°	32	5.4	0.2	10.9	5.2
Nov	6° / -5°	13	3	1.5	9.8	0.9
Dec	-1° / -12°	3	0.8	1.2	9.2	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%.

	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 (%)	59	59	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	60	60	60	59	58	58	57	57
Cloudier (%)	41	41	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	42	42	43	43

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Datong gets around 27 mm of rain and snow over 4.7 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 16% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 (%)	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17
Snow chance (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

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 100% 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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in April

Winds average 11 km/h in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	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 6:20 AM to 5:35 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 7:13 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	12.8	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	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:00	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:52	5:51	5:49	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:36	5:35
Sunset (PM)	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:20	6:43
2	12.4	6:18	6:44
3	12.5	6:16	6:45
4	12.5	6:15	6:46
5	12.6	6:13	6:47
6	12.6	6:11	6:49
7	12.7	6:10	6:50
8	12.7	6:08	6:51
9	12.8	6:06	6:52
10	12.8	6:05	6:53
11	12.8	6:03	6:54
12	12.9	6:02	6:55
13	12.9	6:00	6:56
14	13.0	5:58	6:57
15	13.0	5:57	6:58
16	13.1	5:55	6:59
17	13.1	5:54	7:00
18	13.1	5:52	7:01
19	13.2	5:51	7:02
20	13.2	5:49	7:03
21	13.3	5:48	7:04
22	13.3	5:46	7:05
23	13.4	5:45	7:06
24	13.4	5:43	7:07
25	13.4	5:42	7:08
26	13.5	5:40	7:09
27	13.5	5:39	7:10
28	13.6	5:38	7:11
29	13.6	5:36	7:12
30	13.6	5:35	7:13

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.34 kWh/m² to a high of 6.37 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 5.75 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	6.0	Bright
25	6.0	Bright
26	6.0	Intense
27	6.0	Intense
28	6.0	Intense
29	6.0	Intense
30	6.0	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Datong

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Datong?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

1.5

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Datong for sightseeing.

What to pack for Datong in April

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

In April, Datong sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 2°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Datong 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 Datong peaks around May 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (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	3	5	7	9	8	8	8	7	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Datong 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 Datong is worst in March — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (August, 25 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Datong's WHO annual average of 36.6 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	40	40	47	41	36	31	28	25	27	39	47	38
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	40	Poor
Feb	40	Poor
Mar	47	Poor
Apr	41	Poor
May	36	Poor
Jun	31	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	39	Poor
Nov	47	Poor
Dec	38	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Datong?

Datong sits at 40.1°N, 113.3°E, 1,054 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Beijing, 265 km away.

Topography around Datong

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Datong has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 1,055 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 563 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,552 m.

The land around Datong is covered by artificial surfaces (81%) within 3 km, grassland (41%), artificial surfaces (27%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and cropland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

58 m

artificial surfaces 81%

16 km

563 m

grassland 41%

80 km

1,552 m

grassland 53%

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

April weather nearby: Beijing 265 km · Tianjin 349 km · Chengde 406 km · Jinan 499 km · Saynshand 593 km · Zhengzhou 594 km · Luoyang 607 km · Songyang 627 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 Datong (40.0936°, 113.2914°, elevation 1,054 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	13	-1
2	13	0
3	14	0
4	14	0
5	14	0
6	14	0
7	15	1
8	15	1
9	15	1
10	15	1
11	16	1
12	16	2
13	16	2
14	16	2
15	17	2
16	17	2
17	17	3
18	17	3
19	18	3
20	18	3
21	18	4
22	18	4
23	19	4
24	19	4
25	19	5
26	19	5
27	19	5
28	20	5
29	20	6
30	20	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43

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

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	-1
2	13	0
3	14	0
4	14	0
5	14	0
6	14	0
7	15	1
8	15	1
9	15	1
10	15	1
11	16	1
12	16	2
13	16	2
14	16	2
15	17	2
16	17	2
17	17	3
18	17	3
19	18	3
20	18	3
21	18	4
22	18	4
23	19	4
24	19	4
25	19	5
26	19	5
27	19	5
28	20	5
29	20	6
30	20	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43

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

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	-1
2	13	0
3	14	0
4	14	0
5	14	0
6	14	0
7	15	1
8	15	1
9	15	1
10	15	1
11	16	1
12	16	2
13	16	2
14	16	2
15	17	2
16	17	2
17	17	3
18	17	3
19	18	3
20	18	3
21	18	4
22	18	4
23	19	4
24	19	4
25	19	5
26	19	5
27	19	5
28	20	5
29	20	6
30	20	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43

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

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